Previous seminars
Spring 2020
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Date |
Title |
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| 17.02.2020 | Introduction to the Seminar and Journal Club and allocation of presentations |
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24.02.2020 |
Dr. Antoine Moinet, CMPG, IEE, University of Berne, Complex networks in biology |
| 23.03.2020 | Dr.Stephan Peischl. Interfacultary Bioinformatics Unit. University of Berne. Evolution on expanding wave fronts |
| 30.03.2020 | Anton Labutin, CMPG, IEE, University of Berne, Host genetic factors associated with the range limit of European hantavirus “species” |
| 06.04.2020 |
Qindong Tang, CMPG, IEE, Cryptic diversification along the speciation continuum in the pale sand martin Riparia diluta
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| 27.04.2020 |
Prof. François Balloux, Dept. of Genetics, Environment and Evolution, UCL, UK, Emergence and apportionment of genomic diversity in SARS-Cov-2, the agent of the Covid19 pandemia
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| 04.05.2020 | Guy-Alain Schnidrig and Joana Rechsteiner, CMPG, IEE, University of Berne, MSc theses presentations |
Fall 2019
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Date |
Title |
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| 16.09.2019 | Introduction to the Seminar and Journal Club and allocation of presentations |
| 23.09.2019 |
Dr. Garett Hellenthal, Genetics Institute, University College London, UK Identifying and dating historical admixture and selection in modern humans |
| 30.09.2019 |
Dr. Oscar Lao, National Center of Genomic Analysis, Barcelona, Spain Natural programming in the field of population genomics |
| 07.10.2019 |
Prof. Olivier Delaneau, Dept. of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne Accurate and scalable haplotype and genotype imputation |
| 14.10.2019 |
Dr. Josephine Daub, Beyond synthetic lethality: Multiple mechanisms can explain genetic interactions within childhood cancer |
| 18.11.2019 |
Dr. Matthieu Foll, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO),Lyon France A multi-omics study of spatial and temporal tumor evolution in thoracic cancers with clinical implications. |
| 09.12.2019 |
Prof. Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas , Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne Some insights into the peopling of Bronze Age Europe from ancient DNA |
Spring 2019
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 18.02.2019 | Introduction to the Seminar and Journal Club and allocation of presentations |
| 25.02.2019 |
Hira Imeri, IBU, University of Bern Exploring the effects of demographic misspecification on the accuracy of machine learning methods in population genetics. |
| 01.04.2019 |
Pr. Katie Peichel, IEE, University of Bern Chromosome evolution in sticklebacks. |
| 08.04.2019 |
Pr. Brian Charlesworth, University of Edinburgh, UK Associative overdominance and patterns of variability in low recombination genomic regions. |
| 15.04.2019 |
Dr Daniel Berner, Evolutionary Biology, University of Basel Polygenic adaptation - insights from stickleback fish. |
| 29.04.2019 |
Dr Frederic Austerlitz, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France Inference of past historical events using ABC and MCMC methods on population genomics data sets. Applications to human populations. |
| 20.05.2019 |
Dr Florence Debarre, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France Population control using gene drives: theoretical insights. |
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11.06.2019 (Room C159) |
Pr Serena Tucci, Yale Uniersity, USA The genetic legacy of archaic hominin admixture.
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Fall 2018
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Date |
Title |
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| 15.10.2018 |
Jérémy Choin, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Reconstructing the genetic history of Melanesian Islanders: Implication for human evolution and health |
| 29.10.2018 |
Dr. Miguel Arenas, University of Vigo, Spain Deciphering migration routes with approximate Bayesian computation based on spatially-explicit computer simulations |
| 05.11.2018 |
Dr. Julien Dutheil & Gustavo Barroso, MPI Plön, Germany Population genetics with complete genomes: new developments of the sequentially Markov coalescent |
| 03.12.2018 |
Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire, University of Montpellier, France
Inferring the history of speciation from phased genome sequences |
| 17.12.2018 |
Dr. Paul Verdu, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France Parallel studies of genetic and linguistic diversities: reconstructing the biological and cultural histories of human populations |
Spring 2018
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 26.02.2018 |
Nina Marchi, CMPG Impacts of cultural behaviors on the genetic diversity of human populations from Inner Asia |
| 12.03.2018 |
Dr. Christine Grossen, University of Zurich Fate of deleterious mutations in severely bottlenecked Alpine ibex |
| 19.03.2018 |
Fernando Racimo, University of Copenhagen Detecting polygenic adaptation and single-locus selection using admixture graphs |
| 09.04.2018 |
Dr. Benjamin Peter, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Genetic landscapes reveal how human genetic diversity aligns with geography |
| 30.04.2018 |
Dr. Wolfram Möbius, Living Systems Institute and College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter Evolutionary dynamics meets geometrical optics: How isolated features in the habitat shape genetic diversity during range expansions for long times and at large distances |
| 04.05.2018 |
Dr. Roman Biek, University of Glasgow Unraveling pathogen transmission in structured host populations |
| 28.05.2018 |
Dr. Isabel Alves, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto/l'institut du thorax, Nantes The role of gene expression in buffering the effects of potentially harmful variation |
Fall 2017
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
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25.09.2017 |
Dr. Victor Sousa , cE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Lisboa Learning the evolutionary history from genomes |
| 13.11.2017 |
Dr. John Pannell, University of Lausanne Evolution of plant populations subject to colonisation and range expansions |
| 20.11.2017 |
Sylvain Glemin, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Effective population size, efficacy of selection and the mutation load |
| 27.11.2017 |
Melanie Hiltbrunner, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern Genomics of Tula hantavirus evolution in central Europe |
| 04.12.2017 |
Hannes Svardal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge Lake Malawi cichlids: consecutive adaptive radiations linked by (adaptive) gene flow |
Spring 2017
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 06.03.2017 |
Dr. Konrad Lohse , Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh Mirages and fruit flies in the desert revisited: towards model-based genomic maps of post-divergence gene-flow |
| 13.03.2017 |
Dr. Zoltan Kutalik, University of Lausanne The interplay between genetic predisposition and lifestyle impacting human lifespan and obesity |
| 27.03.2017 |
Dr. Guillaume Achaz, ENS, Paris, France The strange case of the standard neutral model: when, what and why |
| 03.04.2017 |
Dr Ophelie Ronce University of Montpellier, France Mathematical models for the evolution of range shifts under climate change |
| 13.03.2017 |
Dr Erik Postma, University of Zurich Of mice and men: Predicting evolution in a changing environment |
| 28.04.2017 |
Dr. Jessica Plucain, ENS, Paris, France Genetic bases of the emergence of phenotypical innovations in E. coli and M. xanthus |
| 01.05.2017 |
Dr. Sara Lipshutz, Tulane University, USA Hybridization between sex-role reversed tropical shorebirds |
| 08.05.2017 |
Prof. Leslie Turner, University of Bath, UK Genetic mechanisms of speciation in house mice: functional genomics of hybrid male sterility in natural populations |
| 13.03.2017 |
Prof. Tanja Schwander, University of Lausanne Gene expression and evolutionary rate changes after parallel evolution of asexuality in stick insects |
Fall 2016
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 19.09.2016 |
Dr. Maxime Deforet Sloan Kettering Institute, NYC, USA The contribution of growth and dispersal to the evolution of expanding populations |
| 03.10.2016 |
Dr. Nicolas Lartillot, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France The Red-Queen model of recombination hot-spot evolution: a theoretical investigation |
| 05.10.2016 |
Dr. Kavita Jain J. Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengalore, India Rapid adaptation of polygenic traits after a sudden environmental shift |
| 31.10.2016 |
Dr. Martin Zieger Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern Forensic Genetics: Current state and future developments |
| 14.11.2016 |
Dr. Matteo Fumagalli Computational Biology Group, UCL, UK Population genomics in the high-throughput sequencing era |
| 21.11.2016 |
Dr. Diana Rennison University of British Columbia, Canada Detecting the drivers of divergence: Identifying and estimating natural selection in threespine stickleback |
| 05.12.2016 |
Prof. Manfred Claassen Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich Learning global and disease associated cell population heterogeneity from single cell recordings |
| 12.12.2016 |
Prof. Yvonne Willi, University of Basel Population genomics and species range limits |
Spring 2016
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Date |
Title |
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| 15.02.2016 |
Prof. Lavinia Faccini Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Birth defects in Brazil - from genetic conditions in isolated populations to Zika virus congenital infection |
| 29.02.2016 |
Dr. Felix Goldschmidt EAWAG, CH Successive range expansions promote diversity in a microbial cross-feeding community |
| 04.04.2016 |
Dr. Alan Hodgkinson King's College, London, UK High-Resolution Genomic Analysis of Human Mitochondrial RNA Sequence Variation |
| 25.04.2016 |
Prof. Nicolas Bierne ISEM, Montpellier Investigating genome-wide heterogeneity in local introgression rates and its cause |
| 02.05.2016 |
Dr. Georgios Athanasiadis Aarhus University, Denmark The genetic history of Denmark: data from a nationwide public engagement project |
| 09.05.2016 |
Dr. Martin Kapun University of Lausanne Clinal inversions and rapid adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster |
| 13.05.2016 |
Prof. Michael Whitlock University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Deleterious mutations and the complexities of selection in a spatial context |
| 23.05.2016 |
Prof. Ida Moltke University of Copenhagen, Denmark Adaptation and association studies in the Arctic |
| 30.05.2016 |
Dr. Laure Segurel Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France Adaptation to diet: human and microbial perspective |
Fall 2015
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Date |
Title |
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| 21.09.2015 |
Alexandre Gouy, University of Berne A likelihood approach to simulation-based inference: application to the case of insecticide resistance evolution in the mosquito Culex pipiens |
| 28.09.2015 |
Prof. Ioannis Xenarios, University of Lausanne Vital-IT and Swiss-Prot : a tale of two groups |
| 19.10.2015 |
Dr. Simon Aeschbacher, University of California Detecting selection against gene flow: a complementary approach to Fst outlier scans |
| 09.11.2015 |
Dr. Peter Fields, University of Basel Phylogeographic inference of an intercontinental sample of Daphnia magna |
| 09.11.2015 |
Prof. Hugues Abriel, University of Berne Introducing Human Genetic Research at the University of Kinshasa (DRC): the Case of Channelopathies |
| 30.11.2015 |
Prof. Asger Hobolth, Aarhus University Statistical inference in the Wright-Fisher model using allele frequency data |
| 14.12.2015 |
Prof. Laurent Duret, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, France Biased gene conversion: the dark side of recombination |
Spring 2015
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 23.02.2015 |
Dr. Andy Foote, Uppsala University, Sweden The genomic landscape of the speciation continuum in the killer whale |
| 02.03.2015 |
Dr. Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, Univ. Copenhagen, Denmark & CMPG, Berne Peopling of the Americas: a genomic perspective |
| 09.03.2015 |
Dr. Sam Yeaman, UBC, Canada The architecture of local adaptation: transient alleles and long-term genomic re-patterning |
| 16.03.2015 |
Prof. Oscar Gaggiotti, Univ. St Andrews, UK Making FST-based genome-scan methods more robust to deviations from the underlying model |
| 11.05.2015 |
Lars Bosshard, CMPG, Berne Accumulation of deleterious mutations in expanding bacterial populations |
| 18.05.2015 |
Moritz Saxenhofer, CMPG, Berne Delimiting the impact of host speciation on pathogen divergence |
Fall 2014
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 22.09.2014 |
Dr. Stefan Laurent, EPFL, Lausanne Identifying adaptive regulatory mutations in the absence of phenotypic information |
| 29.09.2014 |
Dr. Michael Blum, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France Genome scans for detecting footprints of local adaptation: embracing the post-Fst era |
| 13.10.2014 |
Dr. Richard Neher, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany Genetic diversity in rapidly adapting populations and predictability of evolution |
| 20.10.2014 |
Dr. Susanne Pfeifer, Center for Integrative Bioinformatics, Vienna, Austria Recombination and selection in the chimpanzee genome |
| 27.10.2014 |
Dr. Cedric Simillion, Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit, University of Bern Avoiding the pitfalls of gene set enrichment analysis with SetRank |
| 01.12.2014 |
Alex Cagan, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Nice rats, Nasty rats: Towards the genetic basis of tameness and aggression |
| 15.12.2014 |
Prof. Adam Eyre-Walker, University of Sussex, UK Geographic and genomic features that affect the rate of evolution |
Spring 2014
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 24.02.2014 |
Prof. Gilles Guillot, Technical University of Denmark Models and algorithms to integrate spatial information in genetic ecology |
| 31.03.2014 |
Dr. Maria Warnefors, CIG, University of Lausanne The evolution of mammalian gene expression |
| 07.04.2014 |
Dr. Florian Altermatt, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Diversity patterns and dispersal processes in riverine metacommunities |
| 28.04.2014 |
Dr. Aida Andrés, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig Persistent polymorphism: the role of selection in maintaining advantageous diversity in humans |
| 05.05.2014 |
Prof. Thomas Wiehe, University of Cologne Coalescent trees and induced subtrees |
| 12.05.2014 |
Dr. Sebastien Wielgoss, ETH Zurich Small changes with large effects: deciphering the molecular basis of evolutionary change in experimental and natural settings with bacteria |
Fall 2013
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 20.09.2013 |
Dr. Alexander Drakesmith, Radcliffe Dpt. Medicine, University of Oxford Hepcidin and BMPs in innate immunity |
| 23.09.2013 |
Dr. Konstantin Popadin, CMU, University of Geneva The low mutation burden of live-birth Down syndromes |
| 30.09.2013 |
Prof. Monty Slatkin, Berkeley, University of California Population genetics of the Neanderthal genome project |
| 07.10.2013 |
Dr. Camille Roux, DEE, University of Lausanne Investigating speciation in face of gene flow or polyploidization : What can we learn from ABC? |
| 04.11.2013 |
Prof. Ivo Große, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg De-Novo discovery of differentially abundant DNA binding sites including their positional preference |
| 11.11.2013 |
Prof. Thomas Flatt, DEE, University of Lausanne Population genomic basis of evolutionary change in Drosophila life history |
| 25.11.2013 |
Dr. Thomas Lenormand, CNRS, University of Montpellier Mutation landscape models : theory and data |
| 28.11.2013 |
Prof. Hélène Vézina, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Genealogical investigation of the genetic heritage of the French Canadian population |
| 12.12.2013 |
Heidi Lischer, CMPG, University of Bern PhD defense: Genomic inference of evolutionary history and gene expression divergence in rodents |
Spring 2013
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Date |
Title |
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| 25.02.2013 |
Dr. Vitor Sousa, CMPG, University of Bern Identifying loci under selection in isolation with migration models |
| 11.03.2013 |
Dr. Diogo Meyer, University of Geneva Causes and consequences of balancing selection: a case study with human MHC genes |
| 15.04.2013 |
Dr. Reto Burri, Uppsala University, Sweden The landscape(s) or genome divergence in Ficedula flycatchers |
| 22.04.2013 |
Dr. Romain Studer, UCL, London, UK Structural analyses of the impact of positive selection in evolution |
| 02.05.2013 |
Dr. Tanja Stadler, ETH Zurich New phylogenetic methods uncover past macroevolutionary and epidemiological dynamics |
| 06.05.2013 |
Prof. Mattias Jakobsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Inference of early human history |
Fall 2012
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Date |
Title |
|---|---|
| 25.09.2012 |
Tamara Hofer, University of Bern PhD defense: Impact of range expansion and natural selection on human genomic diversity |
| 01.10.2012 |
Eduardo Amorim, University of Bern and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cultural, adaptive, and neutral evolution in Amerindians |
| 08.10.2012 |
Robert Carreras, University of Bern and Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Ecological genetic predictors for cardiovascular disease and population patterns of NOS genes in human populations from Europe and the Mediterranean basin |
| 15.10.2012 |
Dr. Ferran Casals, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Rare is meaningful. Whole-exome sequencing in the French-Canadian population |
| 05.11.2012 |
Dr. Thomas White, CMPG Population genomics of a range expansion: the bank vole in Ireland |
| 16.11.2012 |
Prof. David Nelson, Dept. of Physics, Harvard University Competition and Cooperation at Frontiers |
| 19.11.2012 |
Dr. Sarah Perkins, University of Cardiff Shining light on infections disease dynamics |
| 17.12.2012 |
Prof. Chris Jiggins, University of Cambridge Genomic insights into speciation in Heliconius butterflies |
Spring 2012
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Date |
Title |
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| 27.02.2012 |
Dr. Pierre Bize, University of Lausanne Life history variation along an elevation gradient: dissecting the contribution of genetics, ambient temperature and non-shivering thermogenesis |
| 12.03.2012 |
Dr. Lounès Chikhi, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Very spatial indeed: some consequences of space (and time) on population genetics inference |
| 19.03.2012 |
Stefan Laurent, University of Munich, Germany Demographic history of Drosophila melanogaster and inference of seed bank parameters in two wild tomato species using ecological and genetic data |
| 16.04.2012 |
Dr. Kai Stölting, University of Fribourg Genomics of hybridization in Populus trees |
| 23.04.2012 |
Dr. Claudia Bank, EPFL The limits to parapatric speciation |
| 07.05.2012 |
Prof. Martin Ackermann, ETH An evolutionary perspective on bacterial individuality |
| 29.05.2012 |
Dr. Alex Buerkle, University of Wyoming Overlap in the genomics of speciation and adaptation |
| 11.06.2012 |
Dr. Nicolas Lartillot, Université de Montréal Bayesian integrative models for macroevolutionary studies |
Fall 2011
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Date |
Title |
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| 10.10.2011 |
Prof. Lavinia Schüler Faccini, FGRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil Science vs. Conspiracy Theory - A town of twins in Brazil: Nazi Experiment or Founder Effect? |
| 17.10.2011 |
Dr. Mathias Currat, Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva Rare hybridization between Neanderthals and modern humans |
| 31.10.2011 |
Dr. Stephan Peischl, CMPG A sequential coalescent algorithm for chromosomal inversions |
| 05.12.2011 |
Dr. Daniel Wegmann, UCLA, USA Deep re-sequencing reveals the abundance and geographic structure of rare variant diversity in humans |
| 12.12.2011 |
Dr. Mark Ibberson, Vital-IT, University of Lausanne Biological data analysis using networks |
| 19.12.2011 |
Prof. Jerome Goudet, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne Spatial Approximate Bayesian Computations in model and non model organisms |
Spring 2011
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Date |
Title |
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| 28.02.2011 |
Dr. Kerstin Musolf, University of Zurich Ultrasonic vocalizations in house mice: a cryptic mode of acoustic communication |
| 14.03.2011 |
Prof. Arne Nolte, Max-Planck-Institute Plön, Germany Admixture and genome clashes - sculpin hybrids in the River Rhine system |
| 21.03.2011 |
Tania Jenkins, University of Jena and CMPG Exploring the habitat component of genetic structure in the bank vole, Myodes glareolus |
| 06.04.2011 |
Dr. Stefan Prost, University of Otago, New Zealand Reconstructing past human settlement in Polynesia using Approximate Bayesian Computation |
| 11.04.2011 |
Dr. Anna Lindholm, University of Zurich Selfish genes in house mice |
| 18.04.2011 |
Mathias Beysard, CMPG Genetics of intraspecific hybrid zones in Microtus voles |
| 09.05.2011 |
Prof. Ziheng Yang, University College London, UK Bayesian species delimitation using genomic sequence data |
| 25.05.2011 |
Yang Liu, CMPG PhD defense: Genetic analysis of migration in two avian influenza vectors: tufted duck and common pochard |
Fall 2010
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Date |
Title |
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| 24.09.2010 |
Prof. Monty Slatkin, University of California, Berkeley Methods for inferring admixture from genomic sequence data and applications to ancient hominids |
| 04.10.2010 |
Dr. Miguel Arenas Busto, CMPG Applications of the coalescent with recombination in molecular evolution |
| 01.11.2010 |
Dr. Matthieu Foll, CMPG Quantifiying population structure using the F-model |
| 22.11.2010 |
Dr. Daniel Wegmann, University of California, Los Angeles Inferring recombination rates in recently admixed human populations |
| 06.12.2010 |
Dr. Thomas Bataillon, Aarhus University Beneficial mutations and dynamics of adaptation: insights from experimental evolution in bacteria and filamentous fungi |
| 13.12.2010 |
Irma Glatt, CMPG PRDM9 - the first two zinc fingers have their own role in the holding hand |
| 20.12.2010 |
Prof. Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, University of California, Berkeley A likelihood method to estimate selection and allele age from time serial samples |
Spring 2010
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Date |
Title |
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| 08.03.2010 |
Reto Burri, University of Lausanne Avian MHC evolution: new insights and a population genomic perspective |
| 22.03.2010 |
Dr. Christoph Haag, University of Fribourg Evolutionary genetics of Daphnia metapopulations |
| 03.05.2010 |
Tamara Hofer, CMPG Islands of natural selection in the human genome |
| 10.05.2010 |
Dr. John Wang, University of Lausanne Genomic approaches to social biology in ants |
| 17.05.2010 |
Emilie Cutivet, CMPG Development of a computational pipeline for genomic databases |
| 31.05.2010 |
Dr. Michael Krützen, University of Zurich Genetic and cultural diversity among orang-utan populations from Sumatra and Borneo |