Joint meeting of NEXTGEN BIOINFORMATICS USER GROUP and SCOTTISH PHYLOGENY DISCUSSION GROUP
University of St Andrews, 8 December 2014 https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/ngbug/next-meeting-st-andrews Invited speaker - Dr Jo DICKS (National Collection of Yeast Cultures http://www.ncyc.co.uk , Institute of Food Research): "Estimating and exploiting yeast NGS-based phylogenies for industrial biotechnology". Contributed talks - Emma CARROLL: "Assessing the influence of migratory culture on connectivity in the southern right whale". Deepali BASOYA: "Viral/host gene expression profiles in lymphoid and feather follicle epithelial (FFE) cells infected with Marek's disease virus". Miguel PINHEIRO: "Determine dimorphic nature of the zoonotic parasite Plasmodium knowlesi". Georgios KOUTSOVOULOS: "Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships of nematodes using draft genomes and transcriptomes". Joanne TAYLOR: "Environment and host genotype influence on fungal endophyte assemblages of Scots Pine". Attendance is free, but please register in advance. DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/ngbug/next-meeting-st-andrews -- Daniel Barker http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/db60 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532
