Evolutionary and ecological genomics of adaptation
2-3- September 2010, Fribourg
Organizers
Prof. C. Haag (University of Fribourg)
Prof. C. Lexer (University of Fribourg)
Prof. L. Excoffier (University of Bern)
Invited speakers
Roger Butlin (Univ. Sheffield, UK)
Adam Eyre-Walker (Univ. Sussex, UK)
Hopi Hoekstra (Harvard Univ., USA)
Magnus Nordborg (Gregor Mendel Inst., Vienna, Austria)
David Reich (Harvard Univ., USA)
Outi Savolainen (Univ. Oulu, Finland)
Summary
Natural environments differ in many biotic and abiotic aspects, and how animals and plants adapt to these different environments is one of the fundamental questions of ecology and evolutionary biology. In recent years, new genetic and genomic methods have been developed, which make it possible to directly study the genes involved in such adaptations. This has allowed many new, exciting insights, for instance into the functional mechanisms of adaptation, the molecular evolution of the genes involved, the genetic architecture of evolving traits, the question of whether convergent evolution is due to mutations in the same genes, and ecological speciation. We propose a symposium to bring together about six invited speakers including top empirical and theoretical evolutionary biologists and a number of younger researchers to discuss recent developments in this fast developing field.
General information
Target people: PhD students, postdocs
Number of participants: 50
Location: Fribourg
ECTS: 1-2
Registration
Contact
Catherine Cuennet
Département de Biologie Ecologie et Evolution
Université de Fribourg / Pérolles
Chemin du Musée 10
CH-1700 FRIBOURG
e-mail : catherine.cuennet@unifr.ch
Tél.: ++41 26 300 88 50
Fax : ++41 26 300 96 98
Deadline: Jun 30, 2010
