Teaching activities, talks and media. Teaching Biology 1D: EnvironmentPopulation and Community Ecology 3Pathogen Biology 3Ecology and Evolution of Infectious DiseasesWT Program in Hosts, Pathogens and Global HealthResearch Project - Zoology, Ecology, Evolutionary BiologyResearch Project - GeneticsResearch Project - Immunology Outreach 2023 Pedro was interviewed for an article on ‘The evolution of disgust’ for The Atlantic. The evolution of disgust Document A ‘Distinctly Human’ Trait That Might Actually Be Universal - The Atlantic (3.6 MB / PDF) 2022We were interviewed by the Heredity podcast about our work on Mitochondrial effects on locomotor activity and sleep.Heredity podcastMitochondrial effects on locomotor activity and sleep 2021Watch Pedro talk about the lab's research at the Portuguese Drosophila Meeting in 2021. 2020Pedro was interviewed by the Royal Society for an article on the role and importance of pre-prints for Open Science.The role and reputation of preprints 2018Our work on the evolutionary consequences of damage limiting drugs (Vale et al. 2014. PLOS Biology) was highlighted in the PLOS XV collection, where 12 PLOS Biology Editorial Board Members highlighted their favourite PLOS Biology article published in the previous 15 years. Vale et al. 2014. PLOS BiologyOur work was highlighted by Andrew Read (Penn State) who commented on the originality and importance of the work for the field.PLOS XV collection Document Limiting Damage during Infection: Lessons from Infection Tolerance for Novel Therapeutics (806.54 KB / PDF) Watch Pedro talk about the lab's research at the Liverpool School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2018. This article was published on 2026-03-20
