SECOND AND LAST ANNOUNCEMENT REGISTRATION WILL BE CLOSED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY
Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Biology
June 18-22, 2012, Hameau de l’Etoile (France)
http://www.lirmm.fr/mceb2012/
The subject is evolution, which is considered at different scales,
from genes to populations. The focus is on the mathematical and
computational tools and concepts, which form an essential basis
of evolutionary studies. The meeting will bring together researchers
originating from various disciplines: mathematics, computer science,
phylogenetics and population genetics. Ten keynote speakers will
introduce a field of research and discuss their own work in this
field. Afternoon will be for short presentations and posters, with
plenty of time for discussions, hiking and visits. The number of
attendees will be limited (~60) to favor exchanges.
The meeting will take place at Hameau de l’Etoile, in the Montpellier
region (France). The dates are June 18-22, that is, just before
SMBE 2012 that starts June 23 in the evening at Dublin (Ireland).
Conference fees including accommodation (4 nights, 18 to 22), meals,
coffee breaks, buses, etc., will range from ~300 € to ~425 € depending
on the room type. Some financial support will be available for local
fees of PhDs and postdocs
Keynote speakers:
* Michael Blum (CNRS – TIMC, FR).
Approximate Bayesian Computation: theory, algorithms and applications.
* Oliver Eulenstein (Iowa State University, US).
Supertrees and phylogenomics.
* Arnaud Estoup (INRA – CBGP, FR).
ABC (Approximate Bayesian Computation) methods to make inference about
population history from molecular data: principles and applications.
* Vincent Moulton (University of East Anglia, UK).
Recent progress on phylogenetic networks.
* Rasmus Nielsen (Berkeley, US).
Models and methods to reveal molecular adaptation.
* Noah Rosenberg (University of Michigan, US).
Models and methods at the intra/inter species frontier.
* Alexandros Stamatakis (Heidelberg, DE).
High Performance Phylogenetics.
* Mike Steel (University of Canterbury, NZ).
Probabilistic models of evolutionary trees.
* Edward Susko (Dalhousie University, CA).
Testing phylogenies.
* Simon Tavaré (Cambridge University, UK).
From evolutionary biology to development and cancer.
Organizers: Olivier Gascuel and Jean-Michel Marin
See the web site for more details and pre-registration (before Feb 25)
