Discover Evolutionary Biology Over Drinks! An evening with Prof. Antonia Monteiro
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📅 When
Thu 3 Dec 2026, 7:00pm
📍 Where
Monk's Brew Club
57 E Coast Rd, Singapore, Singapore
💸 Price
S$35–60
🧭 Getting there
- 🚇 Marine Parade MRT, Exit 2 — about 5 min walk
- 🍜 Hawker food nearby: Blk 84 Marine Parade Central (8 min) · Dunman Food Centre (8 min)
Walking times are estimates from the venue’s location.
Prof. Antonia Monteiro on how butterfly eyespots came to be — a talk, a Q&A and drinks at Monk's Brew Club on Thu 3 Dec.
The talk is called Sex, Lies and Butterflies, and Prof. Antonia Monteiro of NUS Biological Sciences uses the eyespot as her way in. Her research found that these markings do double duty — deterring predators and acting as sexual signals — and that they came about by reusing genetic networks already active elsewhere in the body. From there the evening widens out to the bigger question of how any complex new trait arises: does evolution build from nothing, or does it rework biological machinery it already has? No biology background is required, so you can turn up knowing only that butterflies are pretty.
It runs Thursday 3 Dec 2026, 7pm to 9pm, at Monk's Brew Club on East Coast Road, and is part of Make Room for Wonder. Tickets are S$35–60. The room is deliberately kept small so you can actually hear, put your questions during the moderated audience Q&A, and keep the thread going afterwards over drinks and open conversation.
Details compiled by Onz from public listings — always confirm with the organiser before heading down.
