Theoretical and empirical evidence of adaptations - OPEN

17-20 June 2015

Prof. Laurent Excoffier, University of Bern (CH)

Prof. Jeffrey Jensen, EPFL (CH)

Dr Claudia Bank, EPFL (CH)

Dr Stephan Peischl, University of Bern (CH)

Prof. Peter Andolfatto, Princeton University (US)

Prof. Matthew Hahn, Indiana University (US)

Prof. Joachim Hermisson, University of Vienna (AT)

Dr. Felicity Jones, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübigen (DE)

Prof. Hanna Kokko, University of Zürich (CH)

Prof. Bret Payseur, University of Wisconsin (US)

Prof. Ole Seehausen, University of Bern & EAWAG (CH)

Prof. Olivier Tenaillon, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris (FR)

The aim of the proposed symposium is to bring together experimental, empirical and theoretical evolutionary biologists, all working to resolve fundamental questions at the center of a century-old debate.

For example:

What is the distribution of fitness effects of new, segregating, and fixed mutations?

What is the relative importance of adaptation vs. genetic drift in the evolution of natural populations?

What are the genetic and genomic bases of adaptations and speciation(s)?

By combining expertise across wet and dry lab biology, and due to the progress of new genomic technologies, it is becoming increasing possible to gain traction on these questions which are fundamental to any basic understanding of the very mode and tempo of the evolutionary process.

Participants are greatly encouraged to present their work through talks and posters (A1, 594 x 841 mm). Please send your abstracts (.pdf) to [email protected] before 15th of April. PRIORITY will be given to participants presenting their research.

La Fouly (VS)

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1.5 - 2

1.5 ECTS: Full attendance and active participation 2 ECTS: Full attendance, active participation and oral presentation or poster.

When?
17-20 June 2015

Where?
La Fouly, Châlet le Dolent

Information:

- Please bring bed sheets and/or sleeping bags with you for the accomodation

Questions?
Caroline Betto-Colliard
@: [email protected]
Phone: +41 (0)21 692 42 44

Workshop attendance (including room and board):
Free for PhD students of the DPEE.
400CHF for all others PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) and receipts with the reimbursement form to Caroline Betto-Colliard.

CUSO PhD students: through your MyCUSO account.  External participants (non-CUSO PhD students, post-docs, etc...): use the icon "registration" at top of page and the last gray box "non-CUSO student" ("personne hors myCUSO").

Deadline of abstract submission: April 15, 2015
Deadlne of registration: April 15, 2015

PRIORITY will be given to participants presenting their research through talks and posters (A1, 594 x 841 mm). Please send your abstracts (.pdf) to [email protected] before 15th of April.

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