Hi all, Just a short reminder, that abstract submission for GSA (and thus for our session) closes on July 12th, which is less than a week away.
Cheers! -Dave On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 10:25 AM, David Bapst <dwba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > We are pleased to announce a topical session that we believe is of > special interest to the R-Sig-Phylo list, scheduled for the 2016 > annual Geological Society of America meeting held from September > 25th-28th in Denver, Colorado, USA. Our oral topical session, “New > Approaches to Phylogenetic Paleobiology”, is organized by myself > (David W. Bapst, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology), Melanie > J. Hopkins (American Museum of Natural History), April M. Wright (Iowa > State University), and David F. Wright (The Ohio State University), > and sponsored by the Paleontological Society and the Paleontological > Research Institution. > > We hope to highlight novel methods and analyses for inferring > phylogenies of fossil taxa, dating divergences between clades and for > using phylogenies to test macroevolutionary hypotheses. A more > detailed description is provided below. We would really love to see > both work that combines molecular phylogenies with fossil data or work > that uses phylogenies of fossil data. If you're doing anything that > sounds like it might fit in, we encourage you to submit an abstract > for our session (T151) and give an oral presentation on your work. > > Abstract submission is now open and closes on July 12th. The abstract > fee is $50.00 for professionals and $25.00 for students. When you > submit, please select Topical Session and then select our session > (T151) from the list: > > https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/cfp.epl > > Those of you who are classical biologists may be wondering 'why attend > a geology meeting?'. GSA is one of the largest annual conferences > attended by the paleontological community at large, as it also serves > as the annual meeting for the Paleontological Society. The > paleontological sessions at GSA include paleontologists working on > vertebrates, invertebrates, plants and pretty much anything else that > leaves a fossil, and many of the sessions are focused on evolutionary > and ecological analyses of deep time. > > Please note there are several other topical sessions that dovetail > with our interests in phylogenetic paleobiology: T152: Troubles and > Triumphs with Fossil Phylogenies, chaired by Jennifer E. Bauer > (University of Tennessee), Adriane R. Lam (University of Massachusetts > Amherst), and Sarah L. Sheffield (University of Tennessee); T136: > Across Space and through Time: Understanding Evolution and Ecology > using Biogeography, chaired by Alexander M. Dunhill (University of > Leeds) and Erin E. Saupe (Yale University); and T140: Evolution, > Development, and Paleogenomics, chaired by David J. Bottjer > (University of Southern California), and Jeffrey R. Thompson > (University of Southern California). You can find the full list of > topical sessions here: > > http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2016/sessions/topical.asp > > In addition to topical sessions on specific topics, there will be a > number of general technical sessions on morphometrics, > diversification, macroevolutionary dynamics, functional morphology and > mass extinctions, dependent on the abstracts submitted. You will > likely find interesting paleobiological sessions running from the > start of the conference to its end. > > For registration purposes, You can receive all the benefits of a GSA > membership by being a Paleontological Society member instead, at a > lower rate ($30-55), although if you are a student, it may be more > prudent to consider GSA membership as some travel support may be > dependent on that. Travel support for students and international > researchers attending the GSA meeting can be found at > http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/social-business/otf and > http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/attendeeinfo/travel > > The Denver conference center is close to a number of hotels that offer > special rates for attendees, and room reservation can be done through > GSA. Downtown Denver is also home to a number of museums, a zoo and > many restaurants. Registration for the conference and lodging > reservation will open in May. > > If you have any questions regarding our session, feel free to contact > me directly at dwba...@gmail.com > > Cheers, > -Dave Bapst > > > Session description: > While paleontology has always been strongly linked to phylogenetics, > the past decade has seen a major acceleration in the development and > deployment of new methodologies for inferring phylogenies containing > fossil taxa, using fossil information for dating divergences, and > using phylogenies of fossil taxa to address major questions of ecology > and evolution in deep time. Notably, these cutting-edge methodological > advances have come from both the paleobiology and evolutionary biology > communities. This session will provide an opportunity to bridge the > gap between disciplines whose members often have little reason to > attend the same meeting (i.e. GSA versus Evolution) and promote the > unification of fossil and phylogenetic approaches to macroevolution. > > -- > David W. Bapst, PhD > Adjunct Asst. Professor, Geology and Geol. Eng. > South Dakota School of Mines and Technology > 501 E. St. Joseph > Rapid City, SD 57701 > > http://webpages.sdsmt.edu/~dbapst/ > http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/paleotree/index.html -- David W. Bapst, PhD Adjunct Asst. Professor, Geology and Geol. Eng. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 501 E. 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