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Title

Genes and culture shaping human evolution

Dates

19 January 2016

Organizer(s)

Isabel Alves, PhD student, UniBE

Speakers

Prof. Eske Willerslev, University of Copenhagen (DK) & University of Cambridge (UK)

Prof. Évelyne Heyer, Muséum National d’histoire Naturelle, Paris (FR)

Dr. Lounès Chikhi, Université de Toulouse III (FR) & Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência (PT)

Dr. Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, University of Copenhagen (DK) & University of Bern (CH)

Description

This one-day symposium intends to give an overview on what we have learnt about human evolution from the genomic analysis of ancient and modern human populations. Also, it intends to give new insights on the use of statistical tools nowadays widely used to infer population size changes. The symposium consists of four conferences by invited speakers and experts on the field of human population genetics.

 

PROGRAM

Location

University of Bern

Credits

0.25

Evaluation

Full attendance

Information

When?
19 January 2016
14:30-18:00

 

Where?
University of Bern
Chemestry building, room U113, Freiestrasse 3

Expenses

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) with the reimbursement form to:

 

Caroline Betto-Colliard

 Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution

 DEE- Biophore Building

 University of Lausanne

 CH-1015 Lausanne

Registration

Through your myCUSO account!

Places

30

Deadline for registration 14.01.2016
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