{"title": "Research in Focus: Biting Flies, Investigating a Historic Colonial Collection", "start": "2026-11-04T13:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Grant Museum of Zoology", "address": "University Street 21, WC1E 6DE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biting-flies-investigating-a-historic-colonial-collection-tickets-2002065784656?_gl=1%2A1b5culk%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AMTU0ODYyODY4MS4xNzkyNTcyNzM4%2A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%2AczE3OTI1NzI3MzgkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTI1NzI3ODQkajE0JGwwJGgw&aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "science/biology"], "description": "A free lunchtime talk followed by questions and answers at the Grant Museum of Zoology. It is led by Maria Dragoi, a second year PhD student based between the Natural History Museum and UCL's Institute of Archaeology, and is part of the Research in Focus series of researcher-led public talks. Her talk investigates biting flies from a historic colonial collection, and she is keen to think about critical cataloguing in natural history collections and the stories specimens can tell. 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