Schedule
All sessions are in Loeb G70 (basement of Loeb building)
Thursday, May 22, 2024
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Meigs Room (Swope, 2nd floor) | Opening Reception |
Friday, May 23, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Course Faculty & Participants | Welcome, introductions, and workshop overview |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Bielawski | Scientific ethics |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Heath | Introduction to phylogenetics |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Lewis | Introduction to Likelihood |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Huelsenbeck | Model-based phylogenetics |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | TAs | Intro computer lab |
| 20:30 - 22:00 | TAs | Alignment lab |
Saturday, May 24, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Huelsenbeck | Simulating molecular evolution |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Swofford | Model selection |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Swofford | Introduction to PAUP* |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Swofford | PAUP* lab |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | TAs | IQ-TREE introduction |
| 20:30 - 22:00 | TAs | IQ-TREE lab IQ-TREE quiz |
| 22:00 - 23:59 | Loeb Quad | Evening social gathering |
Sunday, May 25, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Lewis | Bayesian phylogenetics (part 1) |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Lewis | Bayesian phylogenetics (part 2) |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Brown | Introduction to graphical models and RevBayes |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Brown | Gene tree estimation with RevBayes |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Heath | Divergence-time estimation |
| 20:30 - 22:00 | Heath | Divergence-time estimation Lab |
Monday, May 26, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Eme | Deep phylogenomics |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Eme | Deep phylogenomics |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Beerli | Introduction to The Coalescent |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Beerli | Extending the coalescent |
| 17:00 - 15:30 | Kubatko | Species Tree Estimation |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Kubatko | Species Tree Estimation |
Tuesday, May 27, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Beerli | Model comparison in biogeography/population genetics using MIGRATE (introduction slides) |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Beerli | MIGRATE (Tutorial) |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Edwards | Multilocus phylogeography and phylogenetics |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Edwards | Pangenomes and evolution |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Meigs Room (Swope 2nd floor) | Course Dinner Party |
| 22:00 - 23:59 | Loeb Quad | Post-dinner social gathering |
Wednesday, May 28, 2024
Free Day (sleep in, catch up on email, visit Martha’s Vineyard, go whale watching in Hyannis, etc.)
Thursday, May 29, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Bielawski | Theories of molecular evolution: Lecture slides |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Bielawski | Intro to codon models: Lecture slides |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Chang | Adaptive protein evolution: Introduction |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Chang | Adaptive protein evolution: Detecting changes in selection |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Bielawski | PAML lab, lab slides |
| 20:30 - 22:00 | Bielawski | Additional lab resources, optional advanced lab |
| 22:00 - 23:59 | Loeb Quad | Social |
Friday, May 30, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Solís-Lemus | Phylogenetic networks to study reticulate evolution |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Solís-Lemus | Network models tutorial |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Gill | Phylodynamics of Infectious Disease |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Gill | Phylodynamics of Infectious Disease |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Zenil-Ferguson | Phylogenetic comparative methods |
| 20:30 - 22:00 | Zenil-Ferguson | Phylogenetic comparative methods |
| 22:00 - 23:59 | Loeb Quad | Social |
Saturday, May 31, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Yoder | Molecular evolution |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Yoder | Molecular evolution |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | McTavish | Phylogenomics slides, Tree updating lab |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | McTavish | Open Tree slides, Tree comparison lab |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Knowles | Evolutionary applications of genomic data |
| 20:30 - 22:00 | Knowles | Evolutionary applications of genomic data (cont.) |
| 22:00 - 23:59 | Loeb Quad | Almost-the-end party |
Sunday, June 1, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Swofford/Bielawski | Scientific ethics panel discussion (2024 Brief Intro Slides) ROOM CHANGE to: Meigs Room (Swope 2nd floor) |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Open lab |