Sorry for cross-posting.
The Munich Graduate Program for Evolution, Ecology and Systematics
(EES) invites applications for the international EES Summer School on
'the Evolution of Sex Chromosomes' held at Frauenchiemsee (80 km east of
Munich) from 14 - 19 September 2007.
The 5-day Summer School will consist of lectures, discussions and
exercises provided by the invited teachers as well as oral and/or
poster contributions by the more advanced student participants.
Arrival of participants is scheduled for Sunday 14 September evening,
departure for Friday 19 September early afternoon.
Confirmed teachers:
Deborah Charlesworth (University of Edinburgh)
Sander van Doorn (Santa Fe Institute)
Judith Mank (Uppsala University)
Daven Presgraves (University of Rochester)
Local organizers: John Parsch, Susanne Renner, Bart Kempenaers,
Pleuni Pennings (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and Max Planck
Institute for Ornithology Seewiesen)
The instructors will cover theoretical aspects of sex chromosome
evolution and present empirical results from diverse systems including
plants, insects and birds. Specific topics will include the origin of
sex chromosomes, the expression and molecular evolution of sex-linked
genes, and the role of sex chromosomes in speciation.
The summer school is open to students at the PhD and Master/advanced
Diploma levels. The course language will be English. Students who are
involved in research related to the topic of the summer school are
encouraged to prepare short oral contributions or posters highlighting
their research interests and/or achievements.
Thanks to support from the Volkswagen Foundation, the University of
Munich's EES program will cover costs for housing and meals during
the Summer School. Participants will have to cover their travel
expenses and must pay a 50 Euro registration fee. A limited amount of
funding is available to partly subsidize travel expenses for students
from the most distant localities.
Applicants should provide a full CV, a statement about your research
interests/current projects (max. half page), a statement about why
you want to attend the Summer School, explicitly addressing how you
expect to benefit and what you can contribute (max. half page).
Application deadline is 24th of June.
Questions can be addressed to Ms Pleuni Pennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Please send your application by e-mail, preferably as a single pdf
file, to Ms Pleuni Pennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Further
information is available at
http://www.eeslmu.de/eeswiki/index.php?title=Summer_school_2008.
Best wishes,
Pleuni Pennings
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Pleuni S. Pennings
* Program Coordinator of the Munich Graduate
School for Evolution, Ecology, and Systematics
* Postdoc in theoretical evolutionary biology
Evolutionary Biology,
Department Biologie II
University of Munich (LMU)
Großhaderner Str. 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Tel: 0049 89 2180 74 234
http://www.eeslmu.de/eeswiki
http://www.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/ou/theopopgen/index.htm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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