Authors
                Dr.
            
                        Christopher Conselice 
            
  Date and time
                                    18 Sep 2008 - 00:00 Europe/London
                            Address
                                    Aula
Talk language
                                    English
                            Serie number
                                    0
                            Description
                                    We examine the latest results concerning the evolution in the structures of galaxies from the local universe up to z ~ 6. We present results from the COSMOS, EGS and UDF surveys and characterise the structure of galaxies in terms of stellar masses. We find in general that galaxy structure becomes more asymmetric with time, and we use this information to determine the merger history of galaxies and the role of mergers in galaxy formation, placing the first firm constraints on the importance of this formation mode.