In association with ETH Zurich’s Center for Adaptation to a Changing Environment (ACE), we are writing to announce a conference on the ‘Genomic basis of eco-evolutionary change.’ The conference will take place this summer from June 5th – June 9th 2016 at the Monte Verità conference centre, located near Ascona in Switzerland.
The aim of this conference is to connect burgeoning information on the genomic basis of ecologically relevant traits to better understand and predict the dynamics of eco-evolutionary feedbacks. The conference will bring together speakers from around the world to discuss recent developments in the genomics of ecologically relevant traits, the eco-evolutionary dynamics of species interactions and species responses to environmental change. Through talks, break-out sessions, and informal interactions, the participants will develop a research agenda for a genomics-based, predictive understanding of eco-evolutionary change. Confirmed speakers: Frédéric Guillaume Andrew Hendry Nelson Hairston Hannah Kokko Tom Mitchel-Olds Patrik Nosil Ole Seehausen Daniel Wegmann Yvonne Willi As the number of participants is limited to 73 scientists, we ask all applicants interested in the conference to send their curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages) and a motivation letter (max. one page) containing a description of their specific field of research, motivation to participate in the conference and an abstract of a poster to be presented at the meeting. We especially encourage early career scientists (PhDs and Postdocs) to apply. Please send your application, all in one PDF, by the 21st of February to [email protected]. The costs, including the conference fee, accommodation and full board will be 1200 Swiss francs. In addition, participants must pay their travel costs. For more information, please visit: http://www.adaptation.ethz.ch/education/monte-verita-conference2016.html Best wishes, The organising committee James Buckley Katalin Csillery Robert Dunner Jonathan Levine Martin Turcotte Alex Widmer
