/ Washington University in St. Louis Gordon-Losos Award Lecture

Washington University in St. Louis Gordon-Losos Award Lecture

October 21, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Anheuser-Busch Theater, The Living World, Saint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110

Featuring Richard E. Lenski, PHD

Join evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski for his public talk, Time Travel with Experimental Evolution: How Do New Abilities Evolve?

About Dr. Richard Lenski

Richard Lenski is the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur Fellow, best known for his ongoing 35-year E. coli evolution experiment, which has been instrumental in understanding the core processes of evolution.

About the Washington University in St. Louis Gordon-Losos Award

The Washington University in St. Louis Gordon-Losos Award recognizes an individual whose life work has provided important insights about the origins and forms of some of the major challenges we face this century, and whose discoveries provide potential solutions.
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This event is free and open to the public. Reserve your spot today!

Questions? Reach out to Living Earth Collaborative at livingearth@wustl.edu