Bay Area Biosystematists Meeting
Tuesday evening, February 8th, 2011
at UC Berkeley, 2063 Valley Life Sciences Bldg.
Valentine's Day Special:
"Dating in the 21st Century:
Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Putting Dates on Phylogenies"
Featuring a Diverse and Distinguished Panel of Discussants
Followed by vigorous audience discussion
Panel members representing different approaches will give short
informal presentations (10 minutes each), to be followed by active
audience participation (this all following traditional pizza and beer,
of course!).
Tentative Panel Members (to be confirmed):
Tracy Heath
Pat Holroyd
Charles Marshall
Nick Matzke
Sarah Werning
The venerable Biosystematists group (http://www.biosystematists.org/),
operating since 1936 (see the history on the website), is the only
inter-institutional seminar/discussion group on evolution for the Bay
Area, so we encourage everyone to join in.
Schedule and venue:
5:30 - social gathering with beverages (beer and soft drinks) and
informal
pizza dinner: cost ca. $10, to be collected at door, 2063 Valley Life
Sciences Bldg., UC Berkeley campus.
7:00 - talk followed by discussion, in same room.
Reservations required for beverages and dinner (but not the talk).
Please email reservations to your host, Brent Mishler, at [email protected]
by Sunday, Feb. 6th
For a map of campus and view of VLSB, use the link below.
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/ABCD123.html
All are welcome, members or not. If you want to join the
Biosystematists, sign up for our mailing list at:
https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/[email protected]
See you all there!
Brent
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Brent D. Mishler
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
Director, University and Jepson Herbaria
Mailing address:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
UNIVERSITY AND JEPSON HERBARIA
1001 VALLEY LIFE SCIENCES BLDG # 2465
BERKELEY, CA 94720-2465 USA
Phone: (510) 642-6810 [office and lab]
FAX: (510) 643-5390
E-mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/people/mishler.html
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