Dear all, I hope you find the following conference announcement of interest. I would add that there is a conference website with more information about the talks plus extra like maps and directions here: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology/EcoEvo/index.html
Best wishes, Joel Velasco Department of Philosophy Stanford University Begin forwarded message: > From: Dmitri Petrov <[email protected]> > Date: April 4, 2010 10:44:24 AM PDT > To: Bay Area Population Genomics <[email protected]> > Subject: Stanford Evolutionary Genomics conference > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dear All-- > > Please take a note of the conference "EVOLUTION AND GENOMICS" that is > going to be held at Stanford on April 16-17, 2010. Should be really > good and of direct interest to this group. Hope to see you there! > > Dmitri > > EVOLUTION AND GENOMICS > > April 16-17, 2010 > > Hewlett Science and Engineering Teaching Building, Room 201, Stanford > > Evolution by natural selection and the process of genetic inheritance > are two central organizing themes for all living beings. Recent > advances in the study of total inherited information, “genomes”, of > living species give new insight into these principles and their > interactions. This Symposium presents, to scientists, educators, and > the interested public, a sampling of new views into this exciting, > rapidly expanding area of science. > > Friday, 16 April, 8:00 PM > David Starr Jordan Memorial Lecture > Andrew Clark, Cornell University, "How is the human population > explosion affecting the genetics of complex disease?" > > Saturday, 17 April, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM > > Graham Coop, U.C. Davis, "Geographic patterns of adaptation in > humans" > > Jonathan Eisen, U.C. Davis, "A phylogeny-driven genomic encyclopedia > of bacteria and > archaea" > > Hunter Fraser, Stanford, "Adaptive evolution of gene expression" > > Jessica Green, U. Oregon, "Biodiversity theory and metagenomics-based > biogeography" > > Stephen Palumbi, Stanford, "Genomics of speciation and adaptation in > the sea" > > Brian Simison, California Academy of Sciences, "Molluscan > mitochondrial genomics" > > Jay Storz, U. Nebraska, "Genomics of high-altitude adaptation in > vertebrates" > > Ward Watt, Stanford, "Evolutionary functional genomics of ecologically > accessible > species" > > Saturday, 17 April, 4:00 PM > > Richard Holm and John Thomas Memorial Lecture > > Johanna Schmitt, Brown University, "Evolutionary genomics of plant > responses to climate change" > presented by the Ecology and Evolution Group Department of Biology, > School of Humanities and Sciences Stanford University > > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
