Current Challenges and Problems in Phylogenetics

3 September to 7 September 2007

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK

Sponsored by: European Molecular Biology Organisation


Principal Organiser: Professor Vincent Moulton (University of East Anglia)

Organisers: Dr Brent Emerson (University of East Anglia ), Professor Daniel Huson (Tuebingen University ) and Professor Mike Steel (University of Canterbury)

in association with the Newton Institute programme Phylogenetics (3 September to 21 December 2007)

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Invited lectures:

Name Title Abstract
Ebersberger, I Mapping human genetic ancestry Abstract
Gascuel, O Advances and limitations of maximum likelihood phylogenetics Abstract
Hein, J tba
Kucera, M Reconstruction of phylogeny by stratophenetic tracing in the fossil record and its comparison with molecular data Abstract
Martin, W Endosymbiosis and lateral gene transfer: Biologists know that the tree of life is not a tree, but what are mathematicians doing about it? Abstract
Pagel, M Mixture models in phylogenetic inference Abstract
Posada, DP Model averaging in phylogenetics Abstract
Rodrigo, AG Big trees: challenges and opportunities in the phylogenetic analysis of large data sets Abstract
Valiente, G Tripartitions in phylogenetic networks Abstract
Warnow, T Computational and mathematical challenges involved in very large-scale phylogenetics Abstract

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