[Taxacom] next generation plant ecology and evolution workshop - final line-up and student grant

[Alex Twyford]

Dear all,

I am delighted to announce that Rémy Petit (UMR Biodiversité Gènes et Communautés) has been added as a speaker to the workshop Next Generation Plant Ecology and Evolution, which takes place this October in Edinburgh. The complete line-up of invited speakers can be seen at the end of this email, and further details can be viewed at the website: http://www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/Next-Generation-Plant-Ecology-and-Evolution-workshop-2011<https://sonic.rbge.org.uk/go/http://www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/Next-Generation-Plant-Ecology-and-Evolution-workshop-2011>

The workshop is open to anyone with a knowledge of genetic techniques who is now interested in applying next generation sequencing technologies to questions in plant ecology and evolution. No prior knowledge of NGS techniques is required. To encourage students to attend, there is a £250 travel grant (plus workshop registration costs waived) with details of this now up on the website.

Best wishes,
Alex


Next Generation Plant Ecology and Evolution
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 18th-19th October 2011

Keynote speakers:

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

How to use next generation sequencing technologies to:

 *   Estimate gene flow and population level genetic differentiation (Leader: Rémy Petit, UMR Biodiversité Gènes et Communautés)
 *   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)



Alex Twyford - Tropical Diversity
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverlieth Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR
Email: a.twyford at rbge.org.uk<mailto:a.twyford at rbge.org.uk>
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