[Taxacom] Next generation plant ecology and evolution workshop

[Alex Twyford]

Dear all,

I'm pleased to announce that Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh will be hosting a two day workshop on how next generation sequencing technologies can be used to study plant ecology and evolution. This event will take place on the 18th and 19th October, and features an exciting programme of international speakers. For more information, registration (from £40) and further details please see the website:
http://www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/Next-Generation-Plant-Ecology-and-Evolution-workshop-2011

Sessions include how to use next generation sequencing to:

Estimate gene flow and population level genetic differentiation (Leader: TBC)
Understand adaptation and fitness (Leader: Michael Arnold, University of Georgia)
Sample diversity of environmental samples (Leader: Eric Coissac, Université Joseph Fourier)
Obtain the genes for a specified phenotype (Leader: Ian Baldwin, Max Planck Institute)
Generate more informative phylogenetic markers (Leader: Mark Chase, Royal Botanic Garden Kew)
Understand the genetic changes of speciation (Leader: Pam Soltis, University of Florida)

Keynote speakers:

Christian Lexer (University of Fribourg)
Douglas Soltis (University of Florida)

Please forward this email to colleagues you think may be interested, and apologies for the mass mailing.

Best wishes,
Alex

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