live • on demand • romkids

Darwin Day

Celebrate International Darwin Day with ROM’s Sebastian Kvist and Dr. Ivo Francischetti as they explore how our understanding of the natural world and its evolution supports ongoing and groundbreaking medical research.

International Darwin Day inspires people around the world to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin.

 Event recorded on February 10, 2021.

Explore More

Sebastian Kvist setting a leech trap in Lake Vermilion.
Genome sequencing–the final frontier of DNA analysis
Sebastian Kvist on how new study offers insights into the powerful anticoagulants present in leech saliva
Woman speaking to a webcam.
ROM Ideas: Pandemic Research
Discover how ROM research and researchers impact the world around us in this series of exciting short talks highlighting the Museum’s role in engaging with and documenting these extraordinary times
Birds with tags in ROM collection.
Museum Collections at the Forefront of Research and Discovery
From deciphering genomes to studying the rate at which different species evolve, our ornithology collections are essential to informing new scientific research

Authored by: Kait Sykes

Authored by: Kait Sykes