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Tuesdays and Thursdays 502 Kincaid Hall 12:30pm - 1:20pm. |
This quarter the Evolution and Population Genetics seminar will be combined with the MathBio seminar (Biology 510). The former is 1 credit, the latter 2 credits.
Ben Kerr of Biology Department will co-lead the seminar with me.
He and I have decided to combine the Evolution and Population Genetics seminar with MathBio this coming winter quarter for a themed seminar series on analytical, computational, and statistical approaches to evolutionary and population genetics. The first session (Tues 12:30-1:20pm) has traditionally been an introduction to the biological side of the project as well as an introduction to any key techniques. The second session (Thurs 12:30-1:20pm) has traditionally been a more detailed presentation of the relevant analysis. In the past, it has been more than sufficient to prepare only an hour's worth of material given the number of questions. Joe and I would like to keep the conversation at a relatively high level, so speakers will can safely assume that the audience knows the basics of population genetics.
| Dates | Speaker | Topic |
| January 3 | Orientation/introductions | |
| January 5 | (no class) | |
| January 10, 12 | Robin Waples (NOAA) | What is a population? |
| January 17, 19 | Diane Genereux (Biology) | DNA methylation and age structure in populations of cells and molecules |
| January 24, 26 | Ben Kerr (Biology) | How population structure tips the scales of mutation-selection balance |
| January 31, February 2 | Garrett Hellenthal (Statistics) | Estimating crossover recombination and gene conversion rates from the human genome |
| February 7, 9 | Garry Odell (Biology) | Mathematical/computer modeling as a tool for comprehending cytoskeletal dynamics (Note - this is A023D instead of K502) |
| February 14, 16 | Lorenz Hauser (Fisheries) | An empirical verification of population assignment methods with parentage data: Hatchery and wild steelhead in Forks Creek, WA, USA |
| February 21, 23 | Arindam Roy Choudhury (Statistics) | Likelihood inference for population structure using the coalescent |
| February 28, March 2 | Paul Scheet (Statistics) | A fast and flexible model for population genetic data with applications |
| March 7, 9 | Joe Felsenstein (Genome Sciences and Biology) | A phylogenetic application of the threshold model in quantitative genetics |