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Enjoy a little "pure science" with Pr. Nuno Ferrand, Director of one of the conference's host organisations, the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP) and Full Professor at the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, where he teaches genetics and evolution.

Expect great storytelling involving rabbits, corn, art and science.

Pr. Ferrand is interested in evolutionary biology, particularly in genetic diversity patterns of natural populations, ecology, conservation, domestication and speciation. He is currently leading a profound restructuring operation to redevelop several museums in Porto focused on an innovative museographic philosophy, in partnership with the Portuguese National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture - Ciência Viva. The Hall of Biodiversity, where conference attendees will be gathering for the Nocturne on Friday night, will be the first museal pole of the MHNC-UP to open to the public.