This document summarizes a Darwin Day event held on February 11, 2011 that featured presentations from five researchers: James Mallet, Walter Salzburger, Eric Alm, Elisabeth Vrba, and a description of the new Science Library at the University of Oslo. It provides brief biographies of each researcher and lists some of their recent publications. It also includes a quote from Charles Darwin about the grandeur of evolution.

1. Darwin Day Feb 11, 2011 Charles Darwin http://www.victorianweb.org/science/darwin/darwin_beard.gif

6. James Mallet Professor at the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment University College London, UK Recentpublications: Mallet J, Wynne IR, Thomas CD (2011) Hybridisation and climatechange: brownargusbutterflies in Britain (PolyommatussubgenusAricia). Insect Conservation and Biodiversity(available online). Mallet J & Dasmahapatra K (2011) Catfish mimics (News and Views on Alexandrou et al. article in same issue). Nature 469: 41-42. Mallet J (2010) Why was Darwin's view of species rejected by 20th Century biologists? Biology and Philosophy 25: 497-527. Mallet J (2010) Group selection and the development of the biological species concept. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365: 1853-1863. Photo: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

7. Walter Salzburger Assistant Professor at the Zoological Institute University of Basel, Switzerland Recentpublications: Berner D, M Roesti, AP Hendry & W Salzburger (2010) Constraintsonspeciation suggested by comparinglake-streamsticklebackdivergenceacrosstwocontinents. MolecularEcology 19: 4963-4978. Muenzel FM, W Salzburger W, Sanetra M, Grabherr B & A Meyer (2010) Genetic structureofthevairone (Telestessouffia, Risso 1826) in theeastern part of Lake Constance, Central Europe. Journal ofFishBiology 77: 1158-1164. Sturmbauer C, W Salzburger, N Duftner, R Schelly & S Koblmüller (2010) Evolutionaryhistoryofthe Lake Tanganyika cichlidtribeLamprologini (Teleostei: Perciformes) derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data. MolecularPhylogenetics and Evolution 57: 266-284-1164. Lee HJ, S Pittlik, JC Jones, W Salzburger, M Barluenga & A Meyer (2010) Genetic support for random mating betweenleft and right-mouthmorphs in thedimorphicscale-eatingcichlidfishPerissodusmicrolepis from Lake Tanganyika. Journal ofFishBiology 76: 1940-1957.

8. Eric Alm Doherty Assistant Professor of Ocean Utilization MIT, USA Recentpublications: David LA, Alm EJ (2011) Rapid evolutionary innovation during an Archaean genetic expansion. Nature 469: 93-96. Camas FM, Alm EJ, Poyatos JF (2010) Local Gene Regulation Details a Recognition Code within the LacI Transcriptional Factor Family. PLOS Computational Biology6: e1000989. Shapiro BJ, David LA, Friedman J, Alm,E (2009) Looking for Darwin's footprints in the microbial world. Trends in microbiology 17: 196-204. Fraser C, Alm EJ, Polz MF, Spratt BG, Hanage WP (2009) The Bacterial Species Challenge: Making Sense of Genetic and Ecological Diversity . Science 323: 741-746.

9. Elisabeth Vrba Professor at the Department of Geology and Geophysics Yale University, USA Recentpublications: Bibi F, Vrba ES (2010) Unraveling bovin phylogeny: accomplishments and challenges. BMC Biology 8: 50. Bibi F, Bukhsianidze M, Gentry AW, Geraads D, Kostopoulos DS, Vrba, ES (2009) The Fossil Record and Evolution of Bovidae: State of the Field. PalaeontologiaElectronica12: 10A. Fernandez MH, Vrba ES (2006) Plio-Pleistoceneclimaticchange in theTurkana Basin (East Africa): Evidence from large mammal faunas. Journal of Human Evolution50: 595-626. White TD, WoldeGabriel G, AsfawB, Ambrose S, Beyene Y, Bernor RL, Boisserie JR, Currie B, Gilbert H, Haile-Selassie Y, Hart WK, Hlusko LJ, Howell FC, Kono RT, Lehmann T, Louchart A, Lovejoy CO, Renne PR, Saegusa H, Vrba ES, Wesselman H, Suwa G (2006) AsaIssie, aramis and the origin of Australopithecus. Nature 440: 883-889.

11. The new Science Library(Realfagsbiblioteket) in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus GetReal Commitmentto science for students and employees at the University of Oslo

12. – et sted å legge grunnlag for ny forskning, fortsette læringen, bli inspirert, møte venner, kollegaer og foreleser.

15. Booksonspeciation in theBiologyLibrary See more booksonspeciation Currentlyon display in the BiologyLibrary Evolution in ActionCase studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity (2010, Springer e-book) Speciation Coyne & Orr (2004) Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species Sergey Gavrilets (2004) 1

16. ” There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”