New Directions in Evolutionary and Population Genetics


15-Jun-2010 - 17-Jun-2010

New Directions in Evolutionary and Population Genetics

June 15-17, 2010

Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Course Description
The course is a three-day intensive investigation of evolutionary
and population genetics. There will be sessions covering new research
directions in protein evolution, human evolution, mathematical modeling
and evolutionary genetics of model organisms.

To attend please submit a Registration form.
There is no registration fee but registration is required. If you
have any questions on the Summer School, need travel assistance,
or help in arranging for hotel accommodations, please contact
info@biomaps.rutgers.edu.

Inquiries - Please contact one of the organizers (emails at bottom of
this message).

Schedule of Speakers

June15, Tuesday
Morning Session: "Protein Evolution"
9:30 - 10:15 AM: Jody Hey (Rutgers University)
10:15 - 11:00 AM: Wei Wang (UCSD)
11:00 - 11:45 AM: Konstantin Zeldovich (UMass Medical School)
11:45 - 12:30 PM: Martin Weigt (Institute for Scientific Interchange)
12:30 - 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

Afternoon Session: "Functional Selection"
2:00 - 2:45 PM: Robert Trivers (Rutgers University)
2:45 - 3:30 PM: Chang Chan (Institute for Advance Study)
3:30 -4:00 PM: Break
4:00 - 4:45 PM: Daniel Segre (Boston University)
4:45 - 5:30 PM: Prashanth Ak (Institute for Advance Study)

June 16, Wednesday
Morning Session: "Mathematical Models"
9:30 - 10:15 AM: Joshua Plotkin (UPenn)
10:15 - 11:00 AM: John Wakeley (Harvard University)
11:00 - 11:45 AM: Sergio Lukic (Rutgers University)
11:45 - 12:30 PM: Sang-Chul Choi (Rutgers University)
12:30 - 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

Afternoon Session: "Microbial Evolution"
2:00 - 2:45 PM: Joshua Rest (SUNY at Stony Brook)
2:45 - 3:30 PM: Paul Sniegowski (UPenn)
3:30 - 4:00 PM: Break
4:00 - 4:45 PM: Laura Landweber (Princeton University)
4:45 - 5:30 PM: Siobain Duffy (Rutgers University)
5:30 - 6:15 PM: Jesse Bloom (Cal Tech)

June 17, Thursday
Morning Session: "Computational Methods"
9:30 - 10:15 AM: Adam Siepel (Cornell University)
10:15- 11:00 AM: Jeffrey Townsend (Yale University)
11:00- 11:45 AM: Itsik Pe'er (Columbia University)
11:45- 12:30 PM: Matthew Hahn (Indiana University)
12:30 - 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

Afternoon Session: "Human and Model Organism Evolution"
2:00 - 2:45 PM: Soojin Yi (Georgia Tech)
2:45 - 3:30 PM: Marcus Kronforst (Harvard University)
3:30 - 4:00 PM: Break
4:00 - 4:45 PM: Sarah Tishkoff (UPenn)
4:45 - 5:30 PM: Matthew Rockman (NYU)

Location:
Life Sciences Auditorium, Life Sciences Building
Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Links for directions and travel:
http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?1085
http://maps.rutgers.edu/directions/nb.aspx

Organizers:
Kevin Chen, Rutgers University: kcchen@biology.rutgers
Gyan Bhanot, Rutgers University: gbhanot@rci.rutgers.edu
Jody Hey, Rutgers University: hey@biology.rutgers.edu
Ronald Levy, Rutgers University: ronlevy@lutece.rutgers.edu
Alexandre Morozov, Rutgers University: morozov@physics.rutgers.edu

The course is sponsored by the BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative
Biology
at Rutgers University. The National Institutes of Health provides
partial funding of the BioMaPS Summer School through the NIH Roadmap
for Medical Research, Grant 5 K07 GM72919. Information on this RFA,
"Curriculum Development Award in Interdisciplinary Research" can be
found at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/ .

Jody Hey
Professor, Department of Genetics
Rutgers University
Nelson Biological Labs (rm B326)
604 Allison Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082

732-445-5272
fax 732-445-5870

http://genfaculty.rutgers.edu/hey/home