Athena Aktipis
is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Arizona State University, co-Director of the Human Generosity Project, Director of Human and Social Evolution, and co-founder of the Center for Evolution and Cancer at the University of California, San Francisco.
Athena Aktipis is a cooperation theorist, cancer biologist and social psychologist who studies cooperation across systems from human sharing to the evolution of multicellularity and cancer. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, co-Director of The Human Generosity Project, co-leader of the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center and a member of the Center for Evolution and Medicine and the Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy at Arizona State University. She is the author of Evolution in the Flesh and The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer.
Groups with
Athena Aktipis
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Athena Aktipis
July 19, 2016
Revolutionary biology: Evolutionary biology and ecology of cancer summer school supports a growing field
The opportunities for applying formal tools from evolutionary biology and ecology to cancer are vast, a fact that was recognized by pioneers in the field of evolution and cancer, many of whom came together in at the Wellcome Genome Campus to teach at the EBEC summer school. And if this summer school is any indication, this initially very quiet evolution revolution in cancer biology is starting to get rowdy.
Events with
Athena Aktipis
Friday, May 5th 6pm ET
Seminar: Sharing Resources and Sharing Risk with Athena Aktipis
Lessons from Small-scale Societies and Biological Collectives about How to Manage Catastrophic Risk- 1.5 hour Free Seminar and Q&A