Population Genetics

Previous seminars

Spring 2024

Seminar and journal club in Population genetics and Bioinformatics
Date
 Title
19.02.2024  Introduction
26.02.2024
 JC: Dr. Stefan Strütt

Smith et al. (2023) Dispersal inference from population genetic variation using a convolutional neural network. Genetics.
04.03.2023  Prof. Cosimo Posth, University of Tübingen, Germany

The genomic landscape of Europe before the advent of farming
11.03.2024

 
18.03.2024  Dr. Lucy van Dorp, University College London, UK
Tracking zoonotic pathogens in space and time
25.03.2024 JC: Patric Aellen

Zhou et al. (2022) 80 million years of rapid evolution of theprimate Y chromosome. NatEcolEvol. Sup: AK
08.04.2024 Dr. Stéphane Peyrégne, MPI Leipzig, Germany

Dissecting Denisovan Ancestry in present-day people with a new high coverage Denisovan genome
15.04.2024 JC: Sandra Riverendo

Couce et al. (2024) Changing fitness effects of mutations through long-term bacterial evolution. Science. Sup: SP
22.04.2024 Dr. Moritz Muschick, EAWAG, Lucerne

Diversity in time and space - paleogenomics and lake sediment records inform evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
29.04.2024 JC: Ramona Bruderer

Kuderna et al. (2023) Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes. Nature. Sup: LE
06.05.2024 JC: Janis Steiner

Irving-Pease et al. (2024) The selection landscape and genetic legacy of ancient Eurasians. Nature. Sup: SO

Time change: 12.15 instead of 11.15 !
13.05.2024 Dr. Marcel Keller, University of Bern

A Refined Phylochronology of the Second Plague Pandemic in Western Eurasia


27.05.2024
 Dr. Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, University of Geneva

Adaptive immunity in humans: evolutionary aspects

Fall 2023

Seminar and journal club in Population genetics and Bioinformatics
Date
 Title
18.09.2023  Allocation of presentations
25.09.2023
 Flavia Schlichta JC on "Inbreeding depression explains killer whale population dynamics" by Kardos et al. (2023) Nature Ecology and Evolution Sup: LE
02.10.2023 Sandra Reverendo JC on "A unique Toxoplasma gondii haplotype accompanied the global expansion of cats" by Galal et al. (2023) Nature Comm. Sup: GH
09.10.2023

Dr. Loic Marrec, IEE, University of Bern
Evolutionary dynamics in subdivided populations
16.10.2023  Dr. Magdalena Bohutinska, IEE, University of Bern
Genomic basis of repeated adaptation varies with divergence in Arabidopsis (and other species)!
23.10.2023 Dr. Stephan Schiffels, MPI Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Spatial inference of population structure and prehistoric human mobility from ancient and modern genomes
30.10.2023 Dr. Alexander Sang-Jae Suh, Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, Uppsala University

Programmed DNA elimination - a bird's eye view
06.11.2023 Giulia Capella JC on "Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant" by Simoes et al. (2023) Nature. Sup:AK
13.11.2023 Ji Yun JC on "A null model for the distribution of fitness effects of mutations" by Cotto and day (2023) PNAS. Sup: SP
20.11.2023 Prof. Tomas Marques-Bonet, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

 Global patterns of genome diversity across the primate radiation
27.11.2023 Laura (Ilya) Dziomber, IPS, University of Bern

 From Past to Present: Tracing vegetation dynamics in the Swiss Alps with the help of paleoecology and ancient DNA
04.12.2023 Sidney Friedrich  JC on "Whole-genome sequencing reveals a complex African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation" by Fan et al. (2023) Cell. Sup: NM
11.12.2023 Zhihui Wang JC on "Selection against admixture and gene regulatory divergence in a long-term primate field study" by Vilgalys et al. (2023) Science. Sup. SdSO
18.12.2023
 Roman Schwob JC on "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" by Hu et al. (2023) Science Sup: LE

Spring 2023

Seminar and journal club in Population genetics and Bioinformatics
Date
 Title
20.02.2023  Allocation of presentations
27.02.2023
 Dr. Chiara Barbieri, Distributional Linguistics Lab, Department of Comparative Language Science, University of Zurich
Contrasting linguistic and genetic histories of human populations with a global genetic dataset.
06.03.2023 Nuschin Reynas JC on "Admixture has obscured signals of historical hard sweeps in humans" by Soulimi et al. (2022) Nat. Ecol. Evol. Sup: LE
13.03.2023

Dr. Daniel Lee Jeffries, IEE, UniBe
Drivers of sex chromosome evolution in stickleback
20.03.2023 Lou Meili JC on "The spatiotemporal patterns of major human admixture events during the European Holocene" by Chintalapati et  al.(2022)  eLife. Sup: SdSO
CANCELED, rescheduled to 22.05.2023
27.03.2023 Ekaterina Noskova
Demographic inference from genetic data using GADMA
03.04.2023 Anna Sassara JC on "Evolutionary rescue of resistant mutants is governed by a balance between radial expansion and selection in compact populations" by Aif et al. (2022) Nat. Comm. Sup: SP
17.04.2023 Sandra Riverendo JC on "Ancient oral microbiomes support gradual Neolithic dietary shifts towards agriculture" by Quagliariello et al. (2022) Nat. Comm. Sup: AK
24.04.2023 Dr. Sandra Oliveira JC on "Questionning Neanderthal admixture: on models, robustness and consensus in human evolution" by Tournebize and Chikhi (2023) bioRxiv
01.05.2023 Prof. Vitor Sousa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Impact of hybridization, divergent selection and deleterious mutations on genomic patterns
08.05.2023 Prof. Andy Foote, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim, Norway
Threespine sticklebacks as a model for studying evolution in small populations
15.05.2023 Dr. Lucy van Dorp,  Genetics Institute, University College, London, UK (by Zoom)
Reconstructing pathogen histories in space and time using big genetic data
22.05.2023 Lou Meili JC on "The spatiotemporal patterns of major human admixture events during the European Holocene" by Chintalapati et  al.(2022)  eLife. Sup: SdSO

Fall 2022

Date
 Title
19.09.2022  Allocation of presentations
26.09.2022
 JC: Flavia Schlichta
Tam et al. (2019) Benefits and limitations of genomewide association studies. Nat. Rev. Genet. 20:467-484
03.10.2022 JC: Rafel al Doori
Barber et al. (2022) Anti-bat ultrasound production in moths is globally and phylogenetically widespread. PNAS 119:e2117485119. Sup. LE
10.10.2022