The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Tutorial, "Evolutionary
Quantitative Genetics," to be held August 10-15, 2015, at NIMBioS.
*Objectives: *Quantitative genetic theory has been applied to a wide
range of phenomena including the evolution of differences between the
sexes, sexual preferences, life history traits, plasticity of traits, as
well as the evolution of body size and other morphological measurements.
This tutorial is for evolutionary biologists interested in how
quantitative genetics theory can be tested with data, both from single
species and with multiple-species phylogenies. Participants – graduate
students, postdocs, and junior faculty – will learn how to use R to
build and test evolutionary models. There is a need for evolutionary
biologists to understand the field of evolutionary quantitative genetics
because of the ability to collect large amounts of data by computer, the
development of statistical methods for changes of traits on evolutionary
trees and for changes in a single species through time, and the
realization that quantitative characters will not soon be fully
explained by genomics.
The content of this tutorial will be similar to the workshop held at
NIMBioS in 2014. For information about the Evolutionary Quantitative
Genetics 2014 tutorial held at NIMBioS, visit
http://www.nimbios.org/tutorials/TT_eqg.
*Location: *NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
*Co-Organizers: *Stevan J. Arnold, Integrative Biology, Oregon State
Univ. and Joe Felsenstein, Genome Sciences, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
*Instructors: *Patrick Carter, Evolutionary Physiology, Washington State
Univ., Pullman; Tyler Hether, Biological Sciences, Univ. of Idaho,
Moscow; Adam Jones, Biology, Texas A&M Univ.; Emilia Martins, Biology,
Indiana Univ., Bloomington; Brian O'Meara, Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology, Univ. of Tennessee; Liam Revell, Biology, Univ. of
Massachusetts, Boston; and Michael Whitlock, Zoology, Univ. of British
Columbia
*Co-Sponsor:* The American Society of Naturalists
For more information about the tutorial and a link to the online
application form, go to http://www.nimbios.org/tutorials/TT_eqg2015
There are no fees associated with this tutorial. Tutorial participation
in the tutorial is by application only. Individuals with a strong
interest in the topic, including post-docs and graduate students, are
encouraged to apply, and successful applicants will be notified within
two weeks of the application deadline.
*Food and Lodging: *Breakfast and lunch will be provided at NIMBioS each
day of the tutorial, as well as coffee and mid-morning and mid-afternoon
snacks. NIMBioS is not covering other expenses for participants, but a
block of rooms will be reserved at a nearby hotel. More information will
be available on our website soon about lodging, room rates, and how
participants can make reservations.
*Application deadline:* May 1, 2015
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) (http://www.nimbios.org) brings together researchers from
around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to
investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life
sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with
additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Catherine Crawley, Ph.D.
Communications Manager
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
University of Tennessee
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