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Theme

This conference follows a similar workshop that was held in June 2003. The subject is evolution, which is considered at different scales: sequences, genes, gene families, organelles, genomes, and species. The focus is on the mathematical and computational tools and concepts, which form an essential basis of evolutionary studies. Recent years have witnessed rapid progress in this area, with models and methods becoming more realistic, powerful, and complex. The goal of the conference is to provide pedagogical presentations of the main subjects in the field, from basic principles to the cutting edge, with time for discussion and debate. There will be presentations by some of the leading experts in the field. Each speaker will survey a broad range of methods, techniques and results. Young scientists will also be selected, to give short talks or present posters.

Program

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FRIDAY, June 17
10h-10h45:Accueil - Café 
10h45-11h:Bienvenue
11h-12h15:Hugues Roest Crollius,
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
Reconstructing the Ancestral Vertebrate Genome
12h15-14h15:Déjeuner
14h15-15h30:Laurent Excoffier,
University of Bern
Human Paleogenetics
15h30-16h:Thé
16h-17h15:Allen Rodrigo,
University of Auckland
Evolutionary Analysis of Measurably Evolving Populations


SATURDAY, June 18
9h30-10h45: Joe Felsenstein,
University of Washington
Trees of Genes within Species
Trees of Genes within Species (printable version)
10h45-11h15:Café 
11h15-11h35:Rose Hoberman,
Carnegie Mellon University
The Statistical Analysis of Spatially Clustered Genes under the Maximum Gap Criterion
11h35-11h55:Matthew Spencer,
Dalhousie University
Modelling Prokaryote Gene Content
11h55-12h15:Nicolas Salamin,
University of Washington
Estimating Speciation and Extinction Rates: a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach
12h15-14h15:Déjeuner
14h15-15h30:Elizabeth Allman,
University of Southern Maine
Phylogenetic Invariants: Recent Progress and New Directions
15h30-16h:Thé
16h-17h15:Vincent Daubin,
Université de Lyon
Phylogenomics and the Evolution of Gene Repertoires in Bacteria


MONDAY, June 20
9h30-10h45:Mike Steel,
University of Christchurch
Phylogenetic Diversity: from Combinatorics to Conservation
10h45-11h15:Café
11h15-11h35:Carolin Kosiol,
European Bioinformatics Institute
Codon Models
11h35-11h55:Vivek Gowri-Shankar,
University of Manchester
Correlation between Composition and Site-specific Evolutionary Rate and Implications for Phylogenetic Inference
11h55-12h15:Emmanuel Douzery,
Université de Montpellier
The Timing of Eukaryotic Evolution: from Rocks to Relaxed Molecular Clocks, and Reciprocally
12h15-14h15:Déjeuner
14h15-15h30:Arne Mooers,
Simon Fraser University
The Shape of Phylogenies
15h30-16h:Thé
16h-17h15:Bret Larget,
University of Wisconsin
Bayesian Phylogenetics
17h15-19h:Posters
19h-21h:Apéritif


TUESDAY, June 21
9h30-10h45:Dan Gusfield,
University of California Davis
Reconstructing Ancestral Recombination Graphs
10h45-11h15:Café
11h15-11h35:Cecile Ané,
University of Wisconsin
Groves - Clustering Phylogenetic Databases
11h35-11h55:Michaël Blum,
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble
The Mean, Variance and Limiting Distribution of Statistics Sensitive to Tree Balance
11h55-12h15:Eric Bapteste,
Dalhousie University
Syntheses of Life
12h15-14h15:Déjeuner
14h15-15h30:Charles Semple,
University of Christchurch
Reticulate Evolution
15h30-16h:Thé
16h-17h15:Daniel Huson,
University of Tuebingen
Splits and Phylogenetic Networks

Location and Online Registration

The conference will be held in the French mathematical Institut Henri Poincare, situated in the centre of Paris, close to the Luxembourg garden (Map). Online registrations are open. The registration fee is 100 Euros (not applicable to expert and selected speakers). Early registration are encouraged as in 2003 the meeting filled up and registration was closed (with a waiting list) sometime before the meeting.






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