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Title

Workshop BEAST 2: Biogeography and Phylogeography using BEAST

Dates

7-11 December 2015

Organizer(s)

Dr. Yamama Naciri, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève (CH)

Speakers

Dr. Stephan Nylinder, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (SE)

Angela Cano, PhD student, University of Geneva (CH)

Martha Serrano, PhD student, University of Lausanne (CH)

Description

This activity targets BEAST-experienced people and/or the students who followed the first course in February 2015. Lectures will be given in the morning, with workshops in the afternoon and no upper time limit. Analyses will be conducted with BEAST.

 

In the five days four main topics will be covered

-traditional discrete analyses (1 day)

-demography (1 day)

-relaxed random walk for populations (1 day)

-relaxed random walk for species (1 day)

 

The fifth day will be used to combine different methods for specialised analyses and personal needs. This time the students are welcome to bring in their own datasets and problems to anchor the topics in their own research.

Location

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

Credits

2.5

Information

When?

Monday 7 December: 9h00-12h00 & 13h00-17h00

Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 December: 8h00-12h00 & 13h00-17h00

 

Where?

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Chambésy - salle de séminaire de La Console

 

Questions?

Caroline Betto-Colliard

@: ecologie-evolution(at)cuso(dot)ch

Phone: +41 (0)21 692 42 44

 

Course content and organization:

Yamama Naciri, Organisateur, Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la ville de Genève ([email protected])

Stephan Nylinder, Dr. chercheur, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden ([email protected])

Expenses

PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class) and lunch (up to 25 CHF). Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) and receipts with the reimbursement form to Caroline Betto-Colliard.

Registration

CUSO PhD students: through your MyCUSO account and the website of the MPS Doctoral Program

 

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 registration: December 1

Places

20

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