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Title

Genomics Days 2015 - CLOSED

Dates

12-13 February 2015

Organizer(s)

Dr Keith Harshman, University of Lausanne (CH)

Prof Tadeusz Kawecki, University of Lausanne (CH)

Speakers

Thursday February 12

Dr Siobhan Brady, University of California (US)
Héloise Müller, Institut Pasteur, Paris (FR)
Dr Thijs Ettema, University of Uppsala (SE)
Prof Jon Slate, University of Sheffield (UK)
Prof Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen (DE)
Prof Stephen Wright, University of Toronto (CA)

 

Friday February 13

Prof Gary Karpen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
Prof Gaëlle Legube, University of Toulouse/CNRS (FR)
Dr Ashby Morrison, Stanford University (US)
Dr Marc Tischkowitz, Cambridge University (UK)
Prof Bas van Stensel, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
Prof Evgeny Zdobnov, University of Geneva (CH)

Description

The speakers will give talks within the annual Genomic Days Symposium.

 

PROGRAM

 

ECOLOGY-EVOLUTION DISCUSSION GROUP

Subsequently, on Thursday 12th of February, they will meet with PhD students for a 2 h discussion of their research, based on the talks and 1-2 papers students will be required to read in advance. The students will also have the opportunity to ask questions about their own projects.

 

References of papers to read in advance:

Johnston, S.E., Gratten, J., Berenos, C., Pilkington, J.G., Clutton-Brock, T.H., Pemberton, J.M. & Slate, J. 2013. Life history trade-offs at a single locus maintain sexually selected genetic variation. Nature 502: 93-+.


Slate, J. 2013. FROM BEAVIS TO BEAK COLOR: A SIMULATION STUDY TO EXAMINE HOW MUCH QTL MAPPING CAN REVEAL ABOUT THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF QUANTITATIVE TRAITS. Evolution 67: 1251-1262.

 

Arunkumar, R., Josephs, E.B., Williamson, R.J. & Wright, S.I. 2013. Pollen-Specific, but Not Sperm-Specific, Genes Show Stronger Purifying Selection and Higher Rates of Positive Selection Than Sporophytic Genes in Capsella grandiflora. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 2475-2486.

 

Williamson, R.J., Josephs, E.B., Platts, A.E., Hazzouri, K.M., Haudry, A., Blanchette, M. & Wright, S.I. 2014. Evidence for Widespread Positive and Negative Selection in Coding and Conserved Noncoding Regions of Capsella grandiflora. Plos Genetics 10.

Location

University of Lausanne (CH)

Map

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Credits

0.25 / 0.5

Evaluation

0.25: Active participation to ecology-evolution conferences and group discussion.

0.5: Active participation to all conferences and ecology-evolution group discussion.

Information

When?
12-13 February 2015

12th of February, 16:00-18:00: Group discussion with speakers

 

Where?
University of Lausanne Génopode, Auditoire C

Group discussion will be in room 2019.1, Genopode.

 

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

Expenses

PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class) and meals. Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) and receipts with the reimbursement form to Caroline Betto-Colliard.

Places

50

Deadline for registration 04.02.2015
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