[ECOLOG-L] Course: Ecological Niche Modelling and Comparative Macroecology using ENMTools, January 14-18, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course that can be of your interest: Ecological Niche Modelling and Comparative Macroecology using ENMTools. Instructors: Dan Warren (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Germany) and Neftalí Sillero (Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais, Portugal) Dates: January 14th-18th, 2018. Place: Capellades, Barcelona (Spain). In this workshop the instructors will review the basics of Ecological Niche Modelling, focusing on the pros and cons of each type of model. They will be introduced to new aspects of the ENMTools R package that streamline the ENM process and implement new methods for model visualization and evaluation. Then they will move forward into comparative macroecology, learning how to compare different models and test hypotheses regarding patterns of niche evolution and the environmental significance of biogeographic boundaries. Finally, students will learn new age-overlap correlation functions that allow us to visualize and test patterns of range overlap, niche overlap, and species co-occurrence in the context of a phylogeny. This workshop will be hands-on, with practical exercises and time for discussion of students´ case study and data. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data to analyse. More info and registration: http://bit.ly/ENMTOOLS-transmitting-science With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, Nov 19-23, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling Dates: November 19th-23rd, 2018, Barcelona (Spain) INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Neftalí Sillero (Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais Portugal). Program and registration: http://bit.ly/intro-niche-modelling-transmitting-science This course will teach you the base theory of ecological niche modelling and its main methodologies. By the end of this 5-day practical course, you will have the capacity to perform ecological niche models and understand their results. You will be able to choose and apply the correct methodology depending in the aim of your study and type of datasets. The course will be mainly practical, with some theoretical lectures. All modelling processes and calculations will be performed with R, the free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/). Students will learn to use modelling algorithms like Maxent, Bioclim, Domain, and logistic regressions, and R packages for computing ENMs like Dismo and Biomod2. Also, students will learn to compare different ecological niche models with Ecospat package. This course is orientated to PhD and MSc students, as well as other students and researchers working on biogeography, spatial ecology, or related disciplines. Requeriments: Basic knowledge in Geographical Information Systems and R statistical package is necessary. PLACE: Capellades, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by Transmitting Science. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course BUILDING BETTER GRAPHS WITH R: GGPLOT2 AND BASE, Nov 5-9, 2018, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science has a new course that might be of your interest: BUILDING BETTER GRAPHS WITH R: GGPLOT2 AND BASE Instructors: Dr. Ashton Drew (KDV Decision Analysis LLC, USA) and Dr. Sheila Saia (United States Forest Service Center for Integrated Forest Science, USA). CHECK THE SCHOLARSHIPS: https://www.transmittingscience.org/funding/scholarships/ Dates: November 5th-9th, 2018 Place: Capellades, Barcelona (Spain) The goal of this course is to train students to create publication-quality graphics in R. The course will emphasize the relationships between data structure and graphical elements so students can apply what they learn to other R package extensions not covered in the course. A mix of lectures and in-class exercises provide a thorough overview of two primary graphics packages in R: base and ggplot2. In addition to plot customization basics (e.g., color, symbology), students will learn more advanced data visualization techniques (e.g., multiple axes, insets, transformations). The final day of the course is dedicated to guided practice; students may work with their own data or choose from our set of example projects. Learning Outcomes * Customize code from base and ggplot2 packages * Apply the “Grammar of Graphics” system underlying ggplot2 * Manage data structure with dplyr and tidyr to facilitate graphing * Write functions to automate data preparation and generate graphics * Transform default graphics into beautiful, customized, publication-quality graphics More information and registration: http://bit.ly/better-graphs-with-r-transmitting-science Best wishes Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Agent-Based Models using NetLogo, Barcelona, Sept 17-21
Dear colleagues,Registration is open for the course Introduction to Agent Based-Models Using NetLogo, September 17th-21nd, 2018, Barcelona (Spain)Scholarships: https://www.transmittingscience.org/funding/scholarships/ Deadline: May 31st. You should register for the course before applying.Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences, Germany), and Dr. Lukas Egli (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany).Site: Capellades, Barcelona (Spain).In Ecology and Socio-Ecological systems, many patterns at the population or community level emerge from processes, variability and interactions at the individual scale. Therefore it is increasingly acknowledged that the basic entities in many models should be individuals. This is the aim of individual-based modelling (or agent-based modelling).In this course, we present the principles of agent-based modelling. We will introduce participants to NetLogo**, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for agent-based modelling. In lectures, we explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document agent-based simulation models. Hands-on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an agent-based model to answer an ecological or socio-ecological question.Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. Our intention is that after the course the participants are able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo.More info: http://bit.ly/transmittingscience-netlogoOrganized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia M.C.With best regardsSoleSoledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD.Scientific DirectorTransmitting Sciencewww.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Agent-Based Models using NetLogo, Barcelona, Sept 17-21 (with scholarships)
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course Introduction to Agent Based-Models Using NetLogo, September 17th-21nd, 2018, Barcelona (Spain) Scholarship: Thanks to the donations of former participants, this year there is one scholarship for PhD students (the scholarship is in the form of tuition fee waivers only, it does not cover travelling and lodging). If you want to apply please fill up the form here: https://www.transmittingscience.org/funding/scholarships/ Deadline: MAY 31st. You should register for the course before applying. Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences, Germany), and Dr. Lukas Egli (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany). Site: Capellades, Barcelona (Spain). In Ecology and Socio-Ecological systems many patterns at the population or community level emerge from processes, variability and interactions at the individual scale. Therefore it is increasingly acknowledged that the basic entities in many models should be individuals. This is the aim of individual based modelling (or agent-based modelling). In this course, we present the principles of agent-based modelling. We will introduce participants to NetLogo**, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for agent-based modelling. In lectures, we explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document agent-based simulation models. Hands on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an agent-based model to answer an ecological or socio-ecological question. Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. Our intention is that after the course the participants are able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo. More info: http://bit.ly/transmittingscience-netlogo Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia M.C. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Introductory course GM using (mostly) R in Canada
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING (MOSTLY) R. Dates: August 13th-17th, 2018, Alberta (Canada) Instructors: Paula Gonzalez (CONICET-HEC-UNAJ, Argentina) and David Katz (University of Calgary). Place: University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. This course is intended as an introduction to the major aspects of 2D and 3D landmark-based shape analysis. While we will spend some time on shape theory and mechanical aspects relevant statistical analyses, the goal of doing so will be to develop your intuition for how to—and how not to—design and interpret your geometric morphometrics research. Students will learn the foundations of geometric morphometrics through lectures and daily exercises. The exercises are designed around a mouse skull shape sample from a controlled experiment with longitudinal design, though for most exercises, students are welcome to work with their own data instead. Students lacking a rudimentary understanding of R will be asked to complete a short series of introductory exercises prior to attending the course. Most analyses will be done in R, although we will also use Meshlab for landmarking 3D models, and tpsDig for 2D landmarking. More info and registration: http://bit.ly/transmitting-science-introduction-geometric-morphometrics-using-r or contacting cour...@transmittingscience.org mailto:cour...@transmittingscience.org Best wishes Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course intro to Bayesian inference, Barcelona, June 11-15
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course: “Introduction to Bayesian Inference in Practice”, June 11th-15th, 2018, Barcelona (Spain). Instructors: Dr. Daniele Silvestro (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Tobias Hofmann (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Course overview Bayesian methods have become standard practice in several fields, (e.g. phylogenetic inference, evolutionary (paleo)biology, genomics), yet understanding how this Bayesian machinery works is not always trivial. The instructor will outline the relevant concepts and basic theory, but the focus of the course will be to learn how to do Bayesian inference in practice. He will show how to implement the most common algorithms to estimate parameters based on posterior probabilities, such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo samplers, and how to build hierarchical models. The course will take a learn-by-doing approach, in which participants will implement their own MCMCs using R or Python (templates for both languages will be provided). After completion of the course, the participants will have gained a better understanding of how the main Bayesian methods implemented in many programs used in biological research work. Participants will also learn how to model at least basic problems using Bayesian statistics and how to implement the necessary algorithms to solve them. Participants are encouraged to think of potential applications of Bayesian inference in their research, which we will discuss and try to implement during the course. For more information please check the course webpage: http://bit.ly/Introduction-to-Bayesian-Inference or write to ts.cour...@transmittingscience.org With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists, June 4th-8th, 2018, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the workshop "R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists – 4th edition", June 4th-8th, 2018, Barcelona (Spain) Instructor: Dr. Oriol Verdeny-Vilalta (Ynsect, France). PLACE: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain). WEBPAGE: http://bit.ly/2DSzrF6-transmittingscience-r-without-fear-applied-r-biologists PROGRAM: Introduction to R and RStudio. * Brief introduction to R. * Review of R basics. * The RStudio environment. * Reproducible research: R scripts and R markdown. Data manipulation I. * Read your data: Local vs. remote location. Data manipulation II. * Tidy your data. * Manage your data. * R Pipelines. * Summarize your data. Regression models I. * Linear regression. * Multiple linear regression. Regression models II. * * Generalized linear model. * Non-linear model. Data visualization with ggplot2. * Grammar of graphics. * The ggplot. * Basic visualizations (regressions, bar plots, error bars…). * Customize the ggplot. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Mapping Trait Evolution, June 4-8, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the second edition of the course “Mapping Trait Evolution”, June 4th-8th, 2018. Instructor: Dr. Jeroen Smaers (Stony Brook University, USA). PROGRAM: Monday. (R packages: ape, Geiger). Morning: Phylogenetic data. * What is the basic structure of phylogenetic data? * How to visualize and manipulate phylogenetic data? Afternoon: Models of evolution. * What are models of evolution? * What are the assumptions of the different models of evolution? * How are models of evolution utilized? Tuesday. (R packages: ape, nlme, caper, evomap). Morning: Phylogenetic regression. * Assumptions, properties, and applications of the phylogenetic regression. Afternoon: Phylogenetic ancova. * Testing for grade shifts using the phylogenetic regression. Wednesday. (R packages: phytools, motmot, geiger, ape, evomap, BayesTraits). Morning: Ancestral estimation. * Using models of evolution to estimate values of ancestral nodes. Afternoon: Analysis of rates of evolution. * Estimation of rates of evolution. * Testing hypothesis about rates of evolution. Thursday. (R packages: bayou, phylolm, surface, OUwie, mvMORPH). Morning: Inferring the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape. * Using Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models to map macroevolutionary patterns. Afternoon: Testing the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape. * Applications and assumptions of OU models. * Using OU models to test macroevolutionary hypotheses. Friday. (R packages: geomorph). Morning: Modularity and integration. * What is ‘phylogenetic’ modularity and integration? * Applications and assumptions. Afternoon: Case study. MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/transmittingscience-mapping-trait-evolution With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Dealing with Uncertainty in Species Distributions May 8-11, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science offers a new course: “Dealing with Uncertainty In Species Distributions” Course overview Predicting species distributions and how they may evolve is crucial for ecosystem management and conservation planning, but the intrinsic unpredictability that is inherent to living organisms prevents accurate categorical forecasts of species’ occurrence sites, or accurate delimitations of their distribution ranges. In this course we will analyse the limitations and uncertainties associated with species distribution records, and provide methods for dealing with them, including species distribution models treated with fuzzy logic and quantum mechanical concepts. The course will include theoretical and practical lessons. We will use particular R packages, such as fuzzySim and modEvA, for 1) modelling species distributions based on available occurrence records; 2) evaluating the predictive capacity of these models using a varied set of measures that address different facets of model performance, such as discrimination, classification, explanatory power and calibration; and 3) incorporating natural uncertainty in analyses of species distributions, namely using fuzzy logic and formulas from quantum mechanics to assess similarity, diversity and change in biogeographical communities. We will provide sample data for most of the course, but students will also have a chance to apply what they have learned to their own data if they wish. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. A. Márcia Barbosa (CIBIO-InBIO, Portugal) and Dr. Alba Estrada (University of Málaga, Spain). DATE: May 8th-11th, 2018. More information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/biogeography/dealing-uncertainty-species-distributions/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Integral Projection Models, Nov 6-10, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear Colleagues, There are only 4 places left for the course Registration is open for the second edition of the course INTEGRAL PROJECTION MODELS: DEMOGRAPHY IN A CONTINUOUS WORLD - 2nd ed. This course is organized by Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. Instructors: Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez, Dr. Tim Coulson, Dr. Maria Paniw, Dr. Eelke Jongejans and Dr. Isabel Smallegange. WHERE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). MORE INFO: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/integral-projection-models-demography-continuous-world/ COURSE DESCRIPTION: Population modeling provides insights on ecological and evolutionary processes as diverse as the probability of a local extinction, the evolution of cellular maintenance, or the influence of clonality on senescence. With advances in computing power and theoretical developments, population models have evolved rapidly and new approaches such as Integral Projection Models (IPMs) have emerged. This course will teach basic and advanced applications of IPMs. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to construct IPMs with their own data (or data provided by the instructors), and estimate a number of important population rates including sensitivity analyses, life table response experiments, stochastic projections and times to local extinction. The course is targeted to MSc, PhD students and postdocs (although faculty are welcome to apply to) with a strong interest in demography, with an already existing foundation of population matrix models, and an intermediate level of R. Participants with well developed scientific questions and collected data will be given priority, but the instructors will provide with example data to those with no data. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. Best wishes Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Metagenomics and Barcoding in Crete, March 19-23
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course AN INTRODUCTION TO METAGENOMICS AND METABARCODING. Dates: March 19-23, 2018. Place: Heraklion (Crete, Greece). Instructor: Dr. M. Lisandra Zepeda-Mendoza (Chr. Hansen – Bacterial Physiology & Improvement, Denmark). Metagenomics is the study of the collection of genomes in an environment. Environments as diverse as Antarctic lakes, hot springs, or the human gut can be biologically characterized by extracting and sequencing DNA from samples taken from them. A characteristic of many of these samples is their complexity, posing difficulties to their analysis and characterization. However, metagenomics allows the taxonomic and functional characterization of samples. These two kinds of characterizations also enable the comparison of different habitats for biodiversity assessment. In this course students will be introduced to the command line environment used to analyze high-throughput sequencing data (HTS). The initial cleaning steps that must be performed on every HTS dataset will be described and we will use the processed data for proper functional and taxonomical characterization of a metagenomic dataset. We will use methods such as mapping to whole genome databases, de novo assembly, gene annotation, building of non-redundant gene catalogue, and metagenomic species concept identification. Due to the wide usage of metabarcoding for the taxonomic characterization of an environment, we will also discuss amplicon sequencing strategies and data analysis. The course will be based on both theory and hands-on exercises. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/genetics-and-genomics/introduction-metagenomics-metabarcoding/ or writing to courses.cr...@transmittingscience.org mailto:courses.cr...@transmittingscience.org This course is organized by Transmitting Science. Best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Advanced course on Model Based Statistical Inference in Biogeography, Dec 11-15, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, This course might be of interest to the people in this list: MODEL-BASED STATISTICAL INFERENCE IN ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOGEOGRAPHY - 2nd Ed. Instructors: Dr. Dan Warren (Macquarie University, Australia) and Dr. Matthew Van Dam (California Academy of Sciences, USA). Place: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Dates: December 11th-15th, 2017. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/biogeography/model-based-statistical-inference-ecological-evolutionary-biogeography/ PROGRAM Monday; Organization and introductions. Spatial data in R. Point data, vector data, and raster data. GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Interacting with Google Maps. Working with raster and vector data. Tuesday; Ecological biogeography. ENM / SDM concepts and assumptions. Dismo. Conceptual issues with ecological inferences from distribution data. Simulating species occurrence data. Wednesday; Testing ecological hypotheses via Monte Carlo methods. ENMTools R package. Ecospat. Questions of taxonomic scale. Incorporating niche conservatism into the modelling process. Thursday; Phylogenetic biogeography. How to read and use phylogenies. Short history of historical biogeography methods and assumptions. Likelihood-based statistical model choice. New probabilistic models for historical biogeography in BioGeoBEARS. Biogeographical stochastic mapping. Using BioGeoBEARS and interpreting results. Including geographical and environmental distance in models. Using QGIS basics and creating paleo areas. Friday; Integrating in phenology (NCDF & other data sources) in SDM and trait evolution. Integrating biogeography with biotic interactions (e.g. insect host plant interactions). Running analyses over multiPhylo objects (posterior distribution) and interpreting results. Help session for student projects. Wrap-up. Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontològica (CRIP) and the Institut Català de Paleontologia M. C. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Comparative Approaches in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Science, OCt 9-13, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, Early bird has been extended to July 31st for the course “Comparative Approaches in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Science”. Detailed information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/comparative-approaches-ecology-evolution-conservation-science/ This course brings together some of the leaders in functional ecology, demography, conservation science, and phylogenetic analyses to train participants on the combined predictive potential of these disciplines for ecology, evolution and conservation biology at a global scale. During this course instructors will be devoted to equipping the participants with key theoretical and technical knowledge. Moreover, the participants will develop group projects using the analytical approaches and open-access data made available during the course. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Ignasi Bartomeus, Dr. Dalia Amor Conde, Dr. Jean-Michel Gaillard, Dr. Jean-François Lemaître, Dr. Alejandro Ordonez-Gloria, Dr. Owen R. Jones and Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez. DATES: October 9th-13th, 2017 PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Comparative Approaches in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Science, Oct 9-13, 2017, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, The registration is now open for the course “Comparative Approaches in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Science”.This course brings together some of the leaders in functional ecology, demography, conservation science, and phylogenetic analyses to train participants on the combined predictive potential of these disciplines for ecology, evolution and conservation biology at a global scale. During this course instructors will be devoted to equipping the participants with key theoretical and technical knowledge. Moreover, the participants will develop group projects using the analytical approaches and open-access data made available during the course.INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Ignasi Bartomeus, Dr. Dalia Amor Conde, Dr. Jean-Michel Gaillard, Dr. Jean-François Lemaître, Dr. Alejandro Ordonez-Gloria, Dr. Owen R. Jones and Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez.DATES: October 9th-13th, 2017PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain).Detailed information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/comparative-approaches-ecology-evolution-conservation-science/This course is organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel, Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontològica.Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate.Best wishesSoleSoledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD.Scientific DirectorTransmitting Sciencewww.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Use of Phylogenies in Study of Macroevolution, Oct 16-20, Barcelona.
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course "THE USE OF PHYLOGENIES IN THE STUDY OF MACROEVOLUTION – 5th edition". Dates: October 16th-20th, 2017. Instructor: Dr. Juan López Cantalapiedra (Museum für Naturkunde, Germany). This course is aimed at postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and established academics. The course will introduce the use of phylogenetic information to reconstruct ancestral characters and biogeographic histories, using different phylogenetic comparative methods. It will also tackle trait evolution modeling and the assessment of phylogenetic signal. Finally, we will learn about the shape of phylogenetic trees and its evolutionary causes, and how to estimate the rates of diversification throughout the history of groups. The course includes an optional first introductory day to basic R. Important note: Please bear in mind that this course is not about reconstructing (building) phylogenetic trees. Software: Mesquite, FigTree, R (ape, TreeSim, TreePar, Geiger, OUwie, BioGeoBEARS). Participants are encouraged to bring their data sets to use in the practical class. Place: Facilities of the CRIP at Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. Best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Population Modeling, Nov 6-10, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear list members, Registration is open for the second edition of the course INTEGRAL PROJECTION MODELS: DEMOGRAPHY IN A CONTINUOUS WORLD, November 6th-10th, 2017, Barcelona (Spain). PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Instructors: Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez, Dr. Tim Coulson, Dr. Maria Paniw, Dr. Eelke Jongejans and Dr. Johan Dahlgren. Registration and more info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/integral-projection-models-demography-continuous-world/ Course description: Population modeling provides insights on ecological and evolutionary processes as diverse as the probability of a local extinction, the evolution of cellular maintenance, or the influence of clonality on senescence. With advances in computing power and theoretical developments, population models have evolved rapidly and new approaches such as Integral Projection Models (IPMs) have emerged. This course will teach basic and advanced applications of IPMs. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to construct IPMs with their own data (or data provided by the instructors), and estimate a number of important population rates including sensitivity analyses, life table response experiments, stochastic projections and times to local extinction. The course is targeted to MSc, PhD students and postdocs (although faculty are welcome to apply to) with a strong interest in demography, with an already existing foundation of population matrix models, and an intermediate level of R. Participants with well developed scientific questions and collected data will be given priority, but the instructors will provide with example data to those with no data. This course is organized by Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Mapping Trait Evolutio n, June 5-9, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, There are a few places left for the course “Mapping Trait Evolution”, June 5th-9th, 2017. Instructor: Dr. Jeroen Smaers (Stony Brook University, USA). End early bird: March 31st. PROGRAM: Monday. (R packages: ape, Geiger). Morning: Phylogenetic data. + What is the basic structure of phylogenetic data? + How to visualize and manipulate phylogenetic data? Afternoon: Models of evolution. + What are models of evolution? + What are the assumptions of the different models of evolution? + How are models of evolution utilized? Tuesday. (R packages: ape, nlme, caper, evomap). Morning: Phylogenetic regression. + Assumptions, properties, and applications of the phylogenetic regression. Afternoon: Phylogenetic ancova. + Testing for grade shifts using the phylogenetic regression. Wednesday. (R packages: phytools, motmot, geiger, ape, evomap, BayesTraits). Morning: Ancestral estimation. + Using models of evolution to estimate values of ancestral nodes. Afternoon: Analysis of rates of evolution. + Estimation of rates of evolution. + Testing hypothesis about rates of evolution. Thursday. (R packages: bayou, phylolm, surface, OUwie, mvMORPH). Morning: Inferring the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape. + Using Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models to map macroevolutionary patterns. Afternoon: Testing the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape. + Applications and assumptions of OU models. + Using OU models to test macroevolutionary hypotheses. Friday. (R packages: geomorph). Morning: Modularity and integration. + What is ‘phylogenetic’ modularity and integration? + Applications and assumptions. Afternoon: Case study. MORE INFO: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/evolution/mapping-trait-evolution/ Other courses run by Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia that can be of interest for members in this list: - INTRODUCTION TO MACROEVOLUTIONARY ANALYSES USING PHYLOGENIES – 5th ed. October 16th-20th. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/evolution/introduction-macroevolutionary-analyses-using-phylogenies/ - COMPARATIVE APPROACHES IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE, October 9th-13th. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/comparative-approaches-ecology-evolution-conservation-science/ - INTEGRAL PROJECTION MODELS: DEMOGRAPHY IN A CONTINUOUS WORLD - 2nd ed. November 6th-10th. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/integral-projection-models-demography-continuous-world/ With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Agent-Based Models using NetLogo, Barcelona, Sept 18-22
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course Introduction to Agent Based-Models Using NetLogo, September 18th-22nd, 2017, Barcelona (Spain). Scholarship: Thanks to the donations of former participants, this year there is one scholarship for PhD students (the scholarship is in the form of tuition fee waivers only, it does not cover travelling and lodging). If you want to apply please fill up the form here: http://www.transmittingscience.org/funding/scholarships/ Deadline: March 31st. You should register for the course before applying. Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany), and Dr. Nina Schwarz (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany). Site: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Spain. In Ecology and Socio-Ecological systems many patterns at the population or community level emerge from processes, variability and interactions at the individual scale. Therefore it is increasingly acknowledged that the basic entities in many models should be individuals. This is the aim of individual based modelling (or agent-based modelling). In this course, we present the principles of agent-based modelling. We will introduce participants to NetLogo**, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for agent-based modelling. In lectures, we explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document agent-based simulation models. Hands on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an agent-based model to answer an ecological or socio-ecological question. Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. Our intention is that after the course the participants are able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/introduction-agent-based-models-using-netlogo/ Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia M.C. and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologic. Best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Finite Elements Analysis course, July 3-8, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleague, Registration is open for the workshop "Introduction to Biomechanical Computer Simulation: Finite Element Analysis Applied to Biosciences - 5th ed.", July 3rd-8th, 2017, Barcelona (Spain). Instructors: Dr. Josep Fortuny (ICP - Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Spain - France), Dr. Jordi Marcé-Nogué (Universität Hamburg, Germany) and Dr. Michael Berthaume (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany). PLACE: Facilities of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Barcelona. WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/functional-morphology/finite-element-analysis-applied-life-sciences/ FEA is a non-invasive modelling technique, based on the principle of dividing a system into a finite number of discrete elements where the equations are applied. Although static and dynamic analysis can be solved using FEA, in this course only static analysis will be covered. In this course, there will be an introduction to the Finite Element in order to model biological structures and understand how they worked. It will cover all the steps involved in FEA (for static analysis) except the creation or reconstruction of the model, which will be covered in the previous course "3D Model Generation in Biosciences". That is how to define the material properties of biological structures, the use of a consistent Mesh Generation Methods, the proper definition of biomechanical boundary conditions and finally, how understand and analyse the results obtained in a computational simulation. This course is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course: Intro to Geometric Morphometri cs, May 29 – June 2, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, Registration is now open for the course "INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS- 9th edition". INSTRUCTORS: Prof. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and Dr. Jesús Marugán (UAM, Spain). Dates: May 29th - June 2nd, 2017. More information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/geometric-morphometrics/introduction-geometric-morphometrics/ Program: 1. Introduction: Shape, size and biological morphology. 2. Morphometric data: Equipment, landmarks, outlines and surfaces. 3. Visualizing shapes and shape changes. 4. Looking at variation: PCA. 5. Distinguishing groups: CVA and discriminant analysis. 6. Symmetry and asymmetry. 7. Morphometrics in a messy world: outliers and measurement error. 8. Regression and allometry. 9. Covariation between things: PLS. 10. Morphological integration. 11. Modularity. 12. Phylogeny and comparative methods. 13. Putting things together: Combining analyses to solve biological questions. 14. Presentation of group work by participants. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Introduction to 3D Imaging, June 26-July 2, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, This course might be of your interest: Introduction to 3D Imaging Technologies: Photogrammetry, Laser, CT-scan and (µ)CT-scan for Life Sciences – 2nd edition. Dates: June 26th-July 2nd, 2017, Barcelona (Spain). Instructors: * Josep Fortuny (ICP and Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France) * Sergio Llácer (ICP, Spain) * Heinrich Mallison (Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Germany) * Paul Gignac (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, USA). PLACE: Museum Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont at Sabadell, (Barcelona, Spain). More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/imaging/introduction-3d-imaging-technologies-photogrammetry-laser-ct-scan-micro-ct-scan-life-sciences/ This course is addressed to life sciences researchers and technicians who routinely work with complex biological structures (specimens) and need to digitise their samples for different reasons, such as digital preservation, quantitative or biomechanics analyses, etc. The goal of this course is to explain how you can work with a range of technologies with the aim of obtaining a 3D virtual models from different sources, such as laser imaging, photogrammetry and (micro) computed tomography (CT). By the end of the course participants should be able to obtain high quality digitalizations of samples with the most commonly used techniques and also be able to edit and manipulate the digital models that are produced. Attendees will also learn to stain with Lugol’s iodine, a specific technique for specimen preparation for micro CT scanning which maximizes soft-tissue differentiation in CT imaging datasets. DiceCT Online: https://dicect.com/. This course is organized by Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Mapping Trait Evolution, June 5-9, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course: “Mapping Trait Evolution”, June 5th-9th, 2017. Instructor: Dr. Jeroen Smaers (Stony Brook University, USA). PROGRAM: Monday. (R packages: ape, Geiger). Morning: Phylogenetic data. - What is the basic structure of phylogenetic data? - How to visualize and manipulate phylogenetic data? Afternoon: Models of evolution. - What are models of evolution? - What are the assumptions of the different models of evolution? - How are models of evolution utilized? Tuesday. (R packages: ape, nlme, caper, evomap). Morning: Phylogenetic regression. - Assumptions, properties, and applications of the phylogenetic regression. Afternoon: Phylogenetic ancova. - Testing for grade shifts using the phylogenetic regression. Wednesday. (R packages: phytools, motmot, geiger, ape, evomap, BayesTraits). Morning: Ancestral estimation. - Using models of evolution to estimate values of ancestral nodes. Afternoon: Analysis of rates of evolution. - Estimation of rates of evolution. - Testing hypothesis about rates of evolution. Thursday. (R packages: bayou, phylolm, surface, OUwie, mvMORPH). Morning: Inferring the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape. -Using Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models to map macroevolutionary patterns. Afternoon: Testing the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape. - Applications and assumptions of OU models. - Using OU models to test macroevolutionary hypotheses. Friday. (R packages: geomorph). Morning: Modularity and integration. - What is ‘phylogenetic’ modularity and integration? - Applications and assumptions. Afternoon: Case study. MORE INFO: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/evolution/mapping-trait-evolution/ With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to R, May 22-26, Barcelona.
Dear colleague, Registration is open for the fourth edition of the course "Introduction to R ". INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Ashton Drew (KDV Decision Analysis LLC, USA). DATES: May 22nd – 26th, 2017. PLACE: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/statistics/introduction-r/ The aim of this course is to give an introduction to R to people that has never used R. By the end of the course, the participants should be able to do the following in R: Import/export data bases to/from R, manage data sets, carry out basic statistical analysis with R, draw high quality graphs and, program specific functions. Guided practice with R – Students are encouraged to bring a dataset with them along with a “previously completed” statistical analysis or graphic. Ideally something fairly introductory and simple from the student’s own field of practice that you’ve worked with in Excel, SAS, or elsewhere. We will use last lesson session to review all the steps to ensure students can load, check, tidy data and then perform the basic statistics or generate the graphs common in their respective disciplines. This time also usually provides opportunity to troubleshoot and learn to navigate web resources to find solutions to errors. Extra datasets will be available for students that prefer not to bring their own work or who want extra practice at specific skills. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, March 27-31, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear Colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course that might be of interest for the members of this list: Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, March 27th-31st, 2017. INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Neftalí Sillero (Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais, Portugal). Program and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/introduction-ecological-niche-modelling/ This course will teach you the base theory of ecological niche modelling and its main methodologies. By the end of this 5-day practical course, you will have the capacity to perform ecological niche models and understand their results. You will be able to choose and apply the correct methodology depending in the aim of your study and type of datasets. Requeriments: Basic knowledge in Geographical Information Systems and R statistical package is necessary. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de Els Hostalets de Pierola. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] International Course Geometric Morphometrics with Plants, May 8-13, Barcelona.
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course "GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS WITH PLANTS - 2nd edition", May 8th-13th, 2017. END EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OCTOBER 31ST! Instructors: Dr. Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and José María Gómez (Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas de Almería, Spain). PLACE: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia M. C. and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologic. This course offers a self-contained introduction to geometric morphometrics with a special focus on applications in plant evolution and development. Plant-specific aspects of data acquisition and evaluation are discussed, and the particular possibilities of geometric morphometrics in plants will be highlighted. Lectures about general morphological and developmental characteristics of plants are combined with an introduction to the concepts and techniques of shape analysis. Finally, advanced methods such as regression analyses, modularity tests and comparative phylogenetic analyses are presented. This theoretical basis is complemented by hands-on demonstrations of data collection and analyses. The main focus of the course will be on landmark morphometrics, but a brief introduction and discussion of outline methods and semilandmarks is also provided. If there are participants who already have collected their own data, they are encouraged to bring these data for conducting analyses and discussing results. More information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/geometric-morphometrics/geometric-morphometrics-plants/ With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Advanced course Geometric Morphometrics with R, Jan 23-27, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear colleagues, The third edition of the course "Geometrics Morphometrics in R" has just opened registration. Dates: January 23th-27th, 2017. Instructor: Dr. Julien Claude (Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, France), author of Morphometrics with R (http://www.springer.com/us/book/978038894). PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Concepts in geometric morphometrics will be taught using a series of original data sets and working in R for solving a series of tasks. The course will start with an introduction to R and will rapidly go into shape analysis with measurements, landmark data and outlines. The participants are welcome to bring their own data and problems so that we may find R solutions. This is not an introductory course to Geometric Morphometrics, therefore basic knowledge of Multivariate Statistics, R and Geometric Morphometric is recommended in order to take this course. Registration and more info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/geometric-morphometrics/geometric-morphometrics-r/ PROGRAM: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/geometric-morphometrics/geometric-morphometrics-r/#program This course is organized by Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, March 27-31, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear Colleague, Transmitting Science is offering a new course: Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, March 27th-31st, 2017. INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Neftalí Sillero (Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais Portugal). Program and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/introduction-ecological-niche-modelling/ This course will teach you the base theory of ecological niche modelling and its main methodologies. By the end of this 5-day practical course, you will have the capacity to perform ecological niche models and understand their results. You will be able to choose and apply the correct methodology depending in the aim of your study and type of datasets. Requeriments: Basic knowledge in Geographical Information Systems and R statistical package is necessary. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de Els Hostalets de Pierola. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, March 27-31, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear Colleague, Transmitting Science is offering a new course: Introduction to Ecological Niche Modeling, March 27th-31st, 2017. INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Neftalí Sillero (Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais Portugal). Program and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/ecology/introduction-ecological-niche-modelling/ This course will teach you the base theory of ecological niche modelling and its main methodologies. By the end of this 5-day practical course, you will have the capacity to perform ecological niche models and understand their results. You will be able to choose and apply the correct methodology depending in the aim of your study and type of datasets. Requeriments: Basic knowledge in Geographical Information Systems and R statistical package is necessary. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de Els Hostalets de Pierola. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Geometric Morphometrics, January 9-13, Alberta, Canada
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course "INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS- 8th edition". INSTRUCTORS: Prof. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and Dr. Jesús Marugán (UAM, Spain). Dates: January 9th-13th, 2017. Place: Banff Center, Alberta, Canada (https://www.banffcentre.ca/) More information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/geometric-morphometrics/introduction-geometric-morphometrics-canada/ This course is entitled to teach the main concepts of shape analysis based on landmark coordinates and its multivariate procedures, and how they can be put into practice across any biological discipline in which the phenotype (form) and its variation are the principal sources of information. Program: 1. Introduction: Shape, size and biological morphology. 2. Morphometric data: Equipment, landmarks, outlines and surfaces. 3. Visualizing shapes and shape changes. 4. Looking at variation: PCA. 5. Distinguishing groups: CVA and discriminant analysis. 6. Symmetry and asymmetry. 7. Morphometrics in a messy world: outliers and measurement error. 8. Regression and allometry. 9. Covariation between things: PLS. 10. Morphological integration. 11. Modularity. 12. Phylogeny and comparative methods. 13. Putting things together: Combining analyses to solve biological questions. 14. Presentation of group work by participants. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Interactive Data Analysis and Visualization with R Shiny, Oct 24-28, Barcelona.
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course: INTERACTIVE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION WITH R SHINY. Dates: October 24th- 28th, 2016. Instructor: Dr. Ashton Drew (KDV Decision Analysis LLC, USA). This course is for individuals considering developing Shiny apps (http://shiny.rstudio.com/) to deliver their research. Thus, the goal will be to teach the skills necessary to translate static products (your current analysis in R) to dynamic products delivered via a simple web-based graphic-user interface. Activities interspersed throughout the class will provide hands-on practice with sample biological and ecological data. By the end of the course, students will have built a portfolio of example code and will have designed, constructed, and published at least one example Shiny app. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/draw/shiny/ Place: Facilities of the CRIP at Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Finite Element Analysis applied to life sciences, Oct 10-14, Barcelona
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the workshop "Finite Element Analysis Applied to Life Sciences - 5th ed.", October 10-14. Instructors: Dr. Josep Fortuny (ICP and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) and Dr. Jordi Marcé-Nogué (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and ICP), Spain). PLACE: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain). WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/funct-morph/fea/ FEA is a non-invasive modelling technique, based on the principle of dividing a system into a finite number of discrete elements where the equations are applied. Although static and dynamic analysis can be solved using FEA, in this course only static analysis will be covered. In this course, there will be an introduction to the Finite Element in order to model biological structures and understand how they worked. It will cover all the steps involved in FEA (for static analysis) except the creation or reconstruction of the model, which will be covered in the previous course "3D Model Generation in Biosciences". That is how to define the material properties of biological structures, the use of a consistent Mesh Generation Methods, the proper definition of biomechanical boundary conditions and finally, how understand and analyse the results obtained in a computational simulation. This course is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis, Oct. 3-7, Barcelona.
Dear colleague, New edition of the course "Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis - 2nd Edition", October 3rd-7th, 2016. Instructor: Dr. Øyvind Hammer (University of Oslo, Norway). This course is aimed at postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and established academics. In this course we will cover the most important subjects in univariate and multivariate statistics from a very practical perspective, with real data sets and realistic problem solving. We will give a practical introduction to multivariate community analysis, spatial and time series analysis as applied to ecological, environmental and geological data. Participants will learn to address questions such as geographical distribution of communities, interactions between communities and their physical environment, ecological change through time in response to sudden or gradual environmental change (pollution, climate), and patterns of diversity. We will use the free and friendly Past [http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/] software (written by the lecturer), but the methods are equally relevant for users of other programs. Course webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/ecological-data-analysis/ Place: Facilities of the CRIP at Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists, Sept 19-23, Barcelona.
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the workshop "R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists – 2nd edition", September 19th-23rd, 2016. Instructor: Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño (Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas - CSIC, Spain). PLACE: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain). WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/applied-r-for-bio/ PROGRAM: Introduction to R and its working environment • Types of variables in R • Vectors, matrices and data frames • Self-made functions • Working with loops and conditional statements • How to merge data tables • Search and substitute of data values within tables • Complex summaries of data tables Statistical analyses with some theoretical refreshing • Statistical populations and samples through example • Measures of central tendency and variability • Precision, accuracy and bias • Hypothesis testing: falsability, Type-I and Type-II errors and statistical power • Correlation and simple linear regression • P-value vs effect magnitude • Linear models: residuals, assumptions and interpretation • Explained and unexplained variance in a linear model (coefficient of determination) • Introduction to R graphics with statistical examples • The concept of partial effect: partial regression and correlation • Additive vs. multiplicative effects: disentangling the effect of interactions • General and Generalized Linear Models • Choosing the “best” models via AIC With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Grant for course on Network Analysis, October 24-28, Barcelona.
Dear colleague, Registration is open for the course "Introduction to Network Analysis in Life Sciences – 3rd edition". Webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/syst-bio/networks/ GRANTS: Thanks to the donations of former participants, this year there is a place for free at the course for PhD students. If you want to apply please send an e-mail to gra...@transmittingscience.org including: 1- Full name and country, 2- Short project (maximum 300 words), 3- Letter of your advisor stating if you have any grant to develop your PhD. Deadline: March 31st. Please include the name of the course in the subject line. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Diego Rasskin-Gutman (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain) and Dr. Borja Esteve-Altava (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain). DATES: October 24th – 28th, 2016. PLACE: Instalaciones de Sabadell del Institut Català de Paleontologia M. C. Sabadell, Barcelona (España). COURSE DESCRIPTION: In the last decades, network analysis has provided new insights into the organization and functioning of complex biological systems such as brain wiring, genetic regulation, or ecological dynamics. A basic knowledge on network modeling and network analysis will provide biologists a better understanding of cutting-edge research in their fields. This course will introduce participants into the analysis of complex biological systems using network models. Students will learn the basics of network analysis: gathering information, building network models, and interpret the outcomes of their analysis. This course combines theoretical introduction and computing practices using the free software environment R (previous knowledge in R is not required) Participants are encouraged to bring their own data for practicing. Emphasis is placed on offering participants a wide overview of network modeling in biology and the many available software tools to do it. Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Agent-Based Models, Barcelona, October 3-7
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course "INTRODUCTION TO AGENT BASED MODELS IN ECOLOGY USING NETLOGO", October 3rd-7th, 2016. GRANTS: Thanks to the donations of former participants, this year there is a place for free at the course for PhD students. If you want to apply please send an e-mail to gra...@transmittingscience.org including: 1- Full name and country, 2- Short project (maximum 300 words), 3- Letter of your advisor stating if you have any grant to develop your PhD. Deadline: March 31st. Please include the name of the course in the subject line. Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany), Dr. Alexander Singer (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany) and Dr. Nina Schwarz (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany). Site: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Spain. Agent-Based Models (ABM), or Individual Based Models, are one of a class of computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole. In this course, the principles of individual based modelling will be presented. Instructors will introduce participants to NetLogo, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for individual based modelling. In lectures, instructors will explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document individual based simulation models. Hands on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an individual based model to answer an ecological question. Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. After the course the participants will be able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/system-bio-ecology/ Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia M.C. and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologic. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Advanced course Introduction to Geometric Morphometrics, June 20-24, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleague, Registration is open for the course "INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS- 7th edition". INSTRUCTORS: Prof. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and Dr. Jesús Marugán (UAM, Spain). Dates: June 20-24, 2016. More information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/introduction-to-gm/ This course is entitled to teach the main concepts of shape analysis based on landmark coordinates and its multivariate procedures, and how they can be put into practice across any biological discipline in which the phenotype (form) and its variation are the principal sources of information.Program:Introduction: Shape, size and biological morphology.Morphometric data: Equipment, landmarks, outlines and surfaces. Visualizing shapes and shape changes.Looking at variation: PCA.Distinguishing groups: CVA and discriminant analysis.Symmetry and asymmetry.Morphometrics in a messy world: outliers and measurement error.Regression and allometry.Covariation between things: PLS.Morphological integration.Modularity.Phylogeny and comparative methods.Putting things together: Combining analyses to solve biological questions.Presentation of group work by participants.Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD.Scientific DirectorTransmitting Sciencewww.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Population Modeling, October 17-21, Barcelona (Spain)
Dear Colleagues,Transmitting Science is offering a new course on population modeling: INTEGRAL PROJECTION MODELS: DEMOGRAPHY IN A CONTINUOUS WORLD, October 17-21, 2016.PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Registration and more info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/integral-projection-models/Instructors: Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany and University of Queensland, Australia) and Maria Paniw (University of Cadiz, Spain).Course description:Population modeling provides insights on ecological and evolutionary processes as diverse as the probability of a local extinction, the evolution of cellular maintenance, or the influence of clonality on senescence.With advances in computing power and theoretical developments, population models have evolved rapidly and new approaches such as Integral Projection Models (IPMs) have emerged.This course will teach basic and advanced applications of IPMs. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to construct IPMs with their own data (or data provided by the instructors), and estimate a number of important population rates including sensitivity analyses, life table response experiments, stochastic projections and times to local extinction.The course is targeted to MSc, PhD students and postdocs (although faculty are welcome to apply to) with a strong interest in demography, with an already existing foundation of population matrix models, and an intermediate level of R.Participants with well developed scientific questions and collected data will be given priority, but the instructors will provide with example data to those with no data.This course is organized by Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica.Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate.Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD.Scientific DirectorTransmitting Sciencewww.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course An Introduction to Statistical Methods in Epidemiology Using R, June 20-22, Barcelona.
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course “An Introduction to Statistical Methods in Epidemiology Using R”, June 20-22, 2016. Instructor: Dr. Klaus Langohr (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain). The course aims to give an introduction to basic statistical methods for epidemiology. The topics treated in the course will be the following: 1. Design of epidemiological studies: cohort studies, case-control studies, and cross-sectional studies. 2. Epidemiological measures of disease frequency and exposure-disease association. 3. Sources of bias in epidemiological studies: information, selection, and confounding bias. 4. Bias control: stratification and matching. 5. Logistic regression. After the completion of the course, the participants should have acquired basic knowledge on these topics and should be able to apply the corresponding methods to real data. For this purpose, theory sessions will be accompanied by practical exercises with the statistical software R. This course will be held in the Sabadell facilities of the Institut Català de Paleontologia (Barcelona, Spain) and is organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Place are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/epidemiology/ Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] International course on Geometric Morphometrics and Ontogeny, May 30-June 1, Barcelona (Spain).
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course “Studying Ontogeny at Different Levels Using Geometric Morphometrics - 3rd Edition”. Dates: May 30-June 1, 2016. Instructor: Dr. Kieran McNulty (University of Minnesota, United States of America). This course will provide a basic introduction to geometric morphometric analyses, with an emphasis on using this tool kit to address questions related to growth, development, and evolution. Simple characterizations of multivariate ontogeny will give way to more complicated methods for visualizing and comparing different patterns of growth and development. From here, we will take up the idea of changes in ontogeny as a mechanism for producing evolutionary change. Using landmark data, it is possible to address many of the issues related to evolutionary development, but it will also become clear that the basic formulation of traditional evo-devo models lose relevance in the complex datasets available through modern digitisation and morphometric analysis. We will end by discussing the difficulties and misconceptions in interpreting morphometric analyses of ontogeny, and introduce some of the advanced topics in ontogeny that morphometricians are beginning to address. A basic knowledge in statistics, Geometric Morphometrics and personal computers is required. All participants must bring their own personal laptop with some software installed. More information and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/ontogeny-and-gm/). The course will be held in the Sabadell facilities of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain) and is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course 3D Model Generation in Biosciences, Nov 3-6, Barcelona,Spain.
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course 3D Model Generation in Biosciences, November 3-6, 2015. Instructors: Josep Fortuny (Institut catalá de Paleotologia M.C., Spain) and Sergio Llácer (Institut catalá de Paleotologia M.C., Spain). The goal of this course is to explain how you can work with a range of technologies with the aim of obtaining a 3D model from different sources. By the end of the course participants should be able to work in an autonomous way to develop high quality digitalizations of samples with the most commonly used techniques and also be able to edit and manipulate the digital models that are produced. This course will be held in the Sabadell facilities of the Institut Català de Paleontologia (Barcelona, Spain) and is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Place are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. For further information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/draw/3d-model/ Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno Transmitting Sciencehttp://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course R Without Fear: Applied R, September 21-25, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the workshop R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists, September 21-25, 2015. Instructor: Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño (Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas - CSIC, Spain). PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/applied-r-for-bio/ PROGRAM: Introduction to the R working environment. - Variable types in R. - Statistical populations and samples through working examples. - Measurements of central tendency and variability. - Precision, accuracy and bias. - Hypothesis testing: Falsability, Type-I and II errors and statistical power. - Correlation and simple regression. - P-value vs. effect magnitude. - Linear Models: Residuals, assumptions and interpretation. - Explained vs. unexplained variance of a model (the coefficient of determination). - Building functions in R. - Introduction to graphics in R. - The concept of partial effect: Partial regression and correlation. - General Linear Models (GLM). - Curve fitting in linear models and General Additive Models (GAMs). - The problem of spatial autocorrelation in ecology and evolution. - Multicolinearity: When is there a problem? - Additive vs. multiplicative effects: Checking and plotting interactions. - Introduction to General and Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMM). - Fixed vs. Random effects and implications for analysis: Main R functions. - Introduction to Bayesian statistics: The function MCMCglmm. - Practical examples in evolutionary ecology: The study of natural selection. Applications of linear models for quantitative genetics. - Student’s case studies. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Ph.D. Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Workshop on Agent-Based Models in Ecology, June 15-19, Spain
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course INTRODUCTION TO INDIVIDUAL BASED MODELS IN ECOLOGY USING NETLOGO, June 15-19, 2015. Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany) and Dr. Alexander Singer (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany). Site: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Spain. Agent-Based Models (ABM), or Individual Based Models, are one of a class of computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole. In this course, the principles of individual based modelling will be presented. Instructors will introduce participants to NetLogo, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for individual based modelling. In lectures, instructors will explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document individual based simulation models. Hands on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an individual based model to answer an ecological question. Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. After the course the participants will be able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/system-bio-ecology/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Organized by: Transmitting Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno Directora Académica soledad.este...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Spatial Conservation Planning with Marxan, August 18-22, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, There are some places still available for the course SPATIAL CONSERVATION PLANNING WITH MARXAN, July 13-17, Barcelona, Spain. Instructors: Dr. Ayesha Tulloch and Msc Vivitskaia Tulloch (University of Queensland, Australia). 35 hours on-site. PLACE: Facilities ofInstitut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/spatial-con-marxan/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Marxan (Ian Ball and Hugh Possingham, 2000) is a software program used to support the design of marine and terrestrial reserves worldwide. Using Marxan, planners can identify an efficient system of conservation sites that include a suite of biodiversity targets at a minimal cost. Marxan provides a unique method for designing reserves that is systematic and repeatable. This course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in the context of a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan: Key concepts in systematic conservation planning, creation of planning units, creation of essential Marxan input files with GIS software, parameter setting in Marxan, understanding and using Marxan results, Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan), using the Marxan.net cloud system, advanced planning using Marxan with Zones, incorporating uncertainty using Marxan with Probability. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Biogeography workshop, June 15-19, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleague, There are still some places available for the course HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS, June 15-19, 2015. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Lone Aagesen (IBODA, CONICET, Argentina) and Dr. Claudia A. Szumik (Miguel Lillo Foundation, CONICET, Argentina). PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). WEBPAGE AND REGISTRATION: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/biog/historic-biogeography/ PROGRAM: Topic 1. Historical Background: - The connection to cladistics. Basic concepts of cladistic methods. Optimality criteria in systematics and its connection to biogeography. How to manage space. Topic 2. Raw Data: - Distribution maps. Errors in databases. Georeferencing and how to measure the error of data points. Topic 3. Areas of Endemism: - Basic concepts. Formal and informal approaches to identify areas of endemism. The importance of quantitative methods and how different methods relate to what is being evaluated. - Optimality criterion in analyses of endemicity. Some suggestions for renaming the concept of areas of endemism. The need for a zero model. Introduction to the programs NDM/VNDM (Identification of endemism areas). Optimality, ambiguity, support, consensus in the framework of areas of endemism. Topcic 4. Vicariance Events: - Distinguishing between studying the history of taxa and studying the history of earth. Short review of different approaches for studying taxon history (ancestral areas, Diva, Brooks parsimony analysis, coevolution). - Short review of different approaches for studying the history of earth (Brooks parsimony analysis, principal components). - Hovenkamp’s critique of historical biogeography and his suggestions for improvement. The importance of implementing a spatial component. Optimality criterion for identifying potential barriers. Optimality, ambiguity, support, and consensus in the framework of vicariance events. Software available at http://www.lillo.org.ar/phylogeny/. Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de Els Hostalets de Pierola. For more information you can write to cour...@transmittingscience.org http://webmail.icp.cat/webmail/basic/index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.composeto=cour...@transmittingscience.org . Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. soledad.este...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Workshop on Individual Based Models in Ecology using Netlogo, June 15-19, Spain.
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course INTRODUCTION TO INDIVIDUAL BASED MODELS IN ECOLOGY USING NETLOGO, June 15-19, 2015. Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany) and Dr. Alexander Singer (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany). Site: Facilities of CRIP at Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Spain. In this course, the principles of individual based modelling will be presented. Instructors will introduce participants to NetLogo, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for individual based modelling. In lectures, instructors will explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document individual based simulation models. Hands on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an individual based model to answer an ecological question. Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. After the course the participants will be able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/system-bio-ecology/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Organized by: Transmitting Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Institut Català de Paleontologia M. Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Naturalistic and Scientific Illustration, May 18-22, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, The second edition of the course Introduction to Naturalistic and Scientific Illustration is open. DATES: May 18-22, 2015. Instructor: Oscar Sanisidro (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales- CSIC, Spain). Course webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/draw/scientific-illustration/ Site: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain). PROGRAM: - Scientific and naturalistic illustrations: Generalities and comparison. - Scientific illustration versus photography. - General drawing workflow. - Sketching and approaches to naturalistic illustration. - Drawing basics: Halftone rendering, textures, transparency object shadows, reflected light and cast shadows. - Drawing tools and media: * Line and ink: Basic techniques, rendering styles, scratchboard. * Pencil: Basic techniques, coloured pencils, watercoloured pencils, examples. * Water colour. * Camera lucida (procedure and practical examples). - Graphite rendering. - Field sketching (naturalistic illustration). - Introduction to computer graphics. - Bitmap graphics software: Main tools, layer workflow. - Chromatic diagrams, bit depth, colour models and channels, image corrections. - Vectorial vs. bitmap drawing. - Vectorial graphics software: Bezier-curve drawing, pattern filling, examples. - Examples and subjects of scientific illustration. * Illustrating plants, animals and geological features. * Illustrating animals in their habitats. * Palaeoecological reconstruction. This course is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Place are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Ph.D. Course Director cour...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Sciencehttp://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Spatial Conservation Planning with Marxan, July 13-17, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course which might be of your interest: SPATIAL CONSERVATION PLANNING WITH MARXAN, July 13-17, Barcelona, Spain. Instructors: Dr. Ayesha Tulloch and Msc Vivitskaia Tulloch (University of Queensland, Australia). 35 hours on-site. Site: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Bercelona, Spain). Course Webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/spatial-con-marxan/ Marxan (Ian Ball and Hugh Possingham, 2000) is a software program used to support the design of marine and terrestrial reserves worldwide. Using Marxan, planners can identify an efficient system of conservation sites that include a suite of biodiversity targets at a minimal cost. Marxan provides a unique method for designing reserves that is systematic and repeatable. This course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in the context of a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan: - Key concepts in systematic conservation planning. - Creation of planning units. - Creation of essential Marxan input files with GIS software. - Parameter setting in Marxan. - Understanding and using Marxan results. - Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan). - Using the Marxan.net cloud system. - Advanced planning using Marxan with Zones. - Incorporating uncertainty using Marxan with Probability. Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/ If you want to receive information about specific courses, please subscribe ( http://www.transmittingscience.org/subscription.htm ) selecting those topics of your interest. Disclaimer: The sender does not guarantee the security of this email, and assumes no responsibility for any possible damage incurred through data capture, virus incorporation or any manipulation carried out by third parties. Please note that your email address has been obtained from public sources and it is part of our database files, which is treated as confidential. You can at any time exercise your right of cancellation by sending back an email with the Subject Stop receiving.
[ECOLOG-L] Workshop on Integration and Modularity with Geometric Morphometrics, April 7-10, 2015. Barcelona.
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course Integration and Modularity with Geometric Morphometrics - 4th edition; April 7-10, 2015. INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK). Course webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/modularity-and-gm/ Program: 1. Brief review of geometric morphometrics: Procrustes fit, shape space, covariance matrices, etc. 2. PCA for characterizing patterns of integration. 3. Partial least squares and integration. 4. Practice: patterns of integration. 5. Indices of integration. 6. Modularity: concepts and analysis. 7. Modularity hypotheses: where do they come from? 8. Practice: Indices, allometry and comparisons. 9. Comparing patterns of integration. 10. Developmental integration and modularity. 11. Evolutionary integration and modularity. 12. Practice: integration modularity. 13. Allometry as a factor of integration. 14. Multilevel analyses of integration and modularity. 15. Presentations of group work. The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with an overview of morphometric approaches to studying morphological integration and modularity. The concepts of integration and modularity will be introduced and discussed in different contexts (e.g. development, individual variation, evolutionary change). The theoretical basis and application of different methods for analyzing integration and modularity in geometric morphometric data will be presented. Lectures will be combined with hands-on demonstrations of the analyses. Participants are encouraged to bring their own morphometric data for analysis and discussion in the workshop. This course will be held in the Sabadell facilities of the Institut Català de Paleontologia (Barcelona, Spain) and is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Place are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Course Director cour...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Sciencehttp://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Networks tools in Biosciences, April 20-24, 2015, Spain.
Dear list members, Registration is open for the course INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK TOOLS IN BIOSCIENCES - 2nd Edition. Course Webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/syst-bio/networks/ INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Diego Rasskin-Gutman (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain) and Dr. Borja Esteve-Altava (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain). DATES: April, 20-24, 2014. 34 teaching hours. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació de Els Hostalets de Pierola, Els hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). PROGRAM: - Complex Biological Systems: Modelling Relations: Historical and conceptual introduction. Basic concepts and representations. - Hands on Computers: Introduction to R: Presentation of the R environment and language. Basic operations in R (useful for network modelling). Packages installation. - Hands on Computers: Introduction to igraph and Network Modelling: Presentation of the package igraph. Modelling deterministic networks. Manipulating network attributes. Modelling networks from loaded data. - Complex Biological Systems: Applied Network Theory: Nodes, links and types of networks. Basic network parameters. Network architecture and null network models. - Work Example: Analysing parameters and architecture in tetrapod skull networks. - Hands on Computers: Analysing Networks: Quantifying basic network parameters. Identifying network architecture. - Work Example: Null network models of skull development to study evolution. - Hands on Computers: Modelling Network Null Models: Regular and random models. Small-world and scale-free models. Geometric models. - Complex Biological Systems: Network Properties: Robustness and the concept of secondary extinction. Modularity. - Work Example: Modularity in skull networks. - Hands on Computers: Identifying Modules: Optimization methods. Heuristic methods. Quantifying the strength of modularity. - Participants Project Preparation. Bringing your own data is not required for this part, but you are welcome to do so if you have it. Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Council of Hostalets de Pierola. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Geometric Morphometrics in R, January 26-30, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science offers a new course which migth could be of interest for some members of this list: GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS IN R . INSTRUCTOR: Dr. JULIEN CLAUDE ((Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, France). DATES: January 26-30, 2015; 35 hourse on-site. End early registration: October 31. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/gm-in-r/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Concepts in geometric morphometrics will be taught using a series of original data sets and working in R for solving a series of tasks. The course will start with an introduction to R and will rapidly go into shape analysis with measurements, landmark data and outlines. The participants are welcome to bring their own data and problems so that we may find R solutions. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course on Historical Biogeography, June 15-19, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleague, Registration is open for the course HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS, June 15-19, 2015. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Lone Aagesen (IBODA, CONICET, Argentina) and Dr. Claudia A. Szumik (Miguel Lillo Foundation, CONICET, Argentina). PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/biog/historic-biogeography/ This course provides basic knowledge on selected theoretical and methodological problems of historical biogeography. We aim to provide the practical skills to enable the students to carry out empirical biographical analyses. A considerable part of the course is therefore allocated to practical problems as well as to the use of computer programs specifically developed for biogeography analyses. Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and de Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de Els Hostalets de Pierola. For more information you can write tocour...@transmittingscience.org http://webmail.icp.cat/webmail/basic/index.html?_n[p][main]=win.main.tree_n[p][content]=mail.composeto=cour...@transmittingscience.org . Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Modelling Dynamic Systems in Biology, Barcelona, Spain.
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course MODELLING DINAMICS IN BIOLOGY. FROM HISTORY TO PRACTICAL EXAMPLES, January 19-22, 2015. 28 hours on-site. Instructors: Dr. Andreea Munteanu (CGR, Spain) and Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-Caso (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain) Place: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain) The current course will present an overview of systems biology with emphasis on the necessity, uses and pitfalls of dynamical modelling in biology. It introduces the required language and philosophy for a smooth and fruitful collaboration between life scientists and theoreticians (i.e. mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists). The main goal of the course is not a detailed description of the modelling tools in systems biology, but a thorough overview of the terminology and applicability range of these methodologies. The time dedication throughout the course will be one third for theoretical introduction, and two thirds for modelling applications for very diverse biological systems. The participants will acquire the necessary skills to understand and interpret models and modelling results from scientific articles, and will take the first steps into building their own mathematical models. Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/syst-bio/intro-system-bio/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Course poster: http://www.transmittingscience.org/wp-content/uploads/Course-Poster-Modelling-Dynamic-Systems-in-Biology-From-History-to-Practical-Examples.pdf With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course GMM and phylogeny in Barcelona: last call
Dear colleagues, This is the last call for the course GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS AND PHYLOGENY- 5th edition. INSTRUCTOR: Professor. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK). DATES: SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2014; 38 teaching hours. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Council of Hostalets de Pierola. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/gm-and-phylogeny/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org This course provides an overview of the interface between geometric morphometrics and phylogenetics. It aims to give an overview of the different approaches and methods that link the two fields and to enable participants to apply them to their own research problems. Lectures that introduce concepts and methods are integrated with demonstrations of software that put them into practice right away. The main emphasis is on mapping shape data on existing phylogenies to reconstruct the evolutionary history of shape diversification, as well as comparative methods that take phylogeny into account. To enhance the practical approach of the course, participants are encouraged to bring their own data to conduct analyses and discuss results. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Spatial Conservation Planning with Marxan, August 18-22, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science, the ICP and the CRIP are offering a new course in Barcelona province which might be of your interest: SPATIAL CONSERVATION PLANNING WITH MARXAN, August 18-22, Barcelona, Spain. Instructors: Dr. Ayesha Tulloch and Msc Vivitskaia Tulloch (University of Queensland, Australia). 35 hours on-site. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica of Els Hostalets de Pierola. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/spatial-con-marxan/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Marxan (Ian Ball and Hugh Possingham, 2000) is a software program used to support the design of marine and terrestrial reserves worldwide. Using Marxan, planners can identify an efficient system of conservation sites that include a suite of biodiversity targets at a minimal cost. Marxan provides a unique method for designing reserves that is systematic and repeatable. This course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in the context of a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan: Key concepts in systematic conservation planning, creation of planning units, creation of essential Marxan input files with GIS software, parameter setting in Marxan, understanding and using Marxan results, Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan), using the Marxan.net cloud system, advanced planning using Marxan with Zones, incorporating uncertainty using Marxan with Probability. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Courses Introduction to R and Linear Models with R, Barcelona, September 2014.
Dear colleagues, These two courses might be of interest to some of the list members: - INTRODUCTION TO R, Third edition , September 1-4, 2014 (38 hours on-site). Instructors: Dr. Klaus Langohr (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain) and Dr. Joan Valls (Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Spain). More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/intro-r/ - LINEAR MODELS WITH R, September 15-19, 2014 (30 hours on-site). Instructors: Dr. Joan Valls (Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Spain) and Dr. Llorenç Badiella (UAB, Spain). More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/linear-models/ Both courses will be held at the Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please, feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues, if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Sole Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Transmitting Science soledad.este...@transmittingscience.orghttp://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Geometric Morphometrics, August 4-8, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS- 5th edition. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and Dr. Jesús Marugán (UAM, Spain). DATES: August 4-8, 2014; 38 teaching hours. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Council of Hostalets de Pierola. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/introduction-to-gm/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org This course is entitled to teach the main concepts of shape analysis based on landmark coordinates and its multivariate procedures, and how they can be put into practice across any biological discipline in which the phenotype (form) and its variation are the principal sources of information. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course Networks tools in Biosciences, Barcelona, July 14-18
Dear colleagues, Registration for the course NETWORK TOOLS IN BIOSCIENCES is now open!. Webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/syst-bio/networks/ INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Diego Rasskin-Gutman (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain) and Dr. Borja Esteve-Altava (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain). DATES: July, 14-18, 2014. 34 teaching hours. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació de Els Hostalets de Pierola, Els hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Many features and processes of biological systems can be well represented by networks of interacting elements. In the last decades, network analysis has provided new insights into the organization and functioning of complex biological systems such as brain wiring, genetic regulation, or ecological dynamics. A basic knowledge on network modelling and network analysis will provide biologists a better understanding of cutting-edge research in their fields. This course will introduce participants into the analysis of complex biological systems using network models. Students will learn the basics of network analysis: gathering information, building network models, and interpret the outcomes of their analysis. This course combines theoretical introduction and computing practices using the free software environment R. Previous knowledge in R is not required. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data for practicing. Emphasis is placed on offering participants a wide overview of network modelling in biology and the many available software tools to do it. Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Council of Hostalets de Pierola. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Last call for course on Individual based models applied to Ecology, May 2014, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, There are a few places still available for the course INTRODUCTION TO INDIVIDUAL BASED MODELS IN ECOLOGY USING NETLOGO, May 26-30, 2014. Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Groeneveld (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany) and Dr. Alexander Singer (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany). In this course, the principles of individual based modelling will be presented. Instructors will introduce participants to NetLogo, a development environment and a domain specific computer language for individual based modelling. In lectures, instructors will explain techniques to develop, analyse, test and document individual based simulation models. Hands on session will familiarise participants with the concepts: In small groups they will develop, implement and analyse an individual based model to answer an ecological question. Questions will be suggested by the instructors and will comprise applied (e.g. sustainable forestry) and theoretical topics. Every group will present their project and their experiences at the end of the course in a short presentation. After the course the participants will be able to implement and analyse simple models in NetLogo. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/system-bio-ecology/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org Organized by: Transmitting Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. Site: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Spain. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science http://www.transmittingscience.org/
[ECOLOG-L] Course on the use of networks in biology, July 14-18, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the course NETWORK TOOLS IN BIOSCIENCES. Webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/syst-bio/networks/ Many features and processes of biological systems can be well represented by networks of interacting elements. In the last decades, network analysis has provided new insights into the organization and functioning of complex biological systems such as brain wiring, genetic regulation, or ecological dynamics. A basic knowledge on network modelling and network analysis will provide biologists a better understanding of cutting-edge research in their fields. This course will introduce participants into the analysis of complex biological systems using network models. Students will learn the basics of network analysis: gathering information, building network models, and interpret the outcomes of their analysis. This course combines theoretical introduction and computing practices using the free software environment R. Previous knowledge in R is not required. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data for practicing. Emphasis is placed on offering participants a wide overview of network modelling in biology and the many available software tools to do it. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Diego Rasskin-Gutman (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain) and Dr. Borja Esteve-Altava (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Spain). DATES: July 14-18, 2014. 34 teaching hours. PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació de Els Hostalets de Pierola, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and Centre de Restauració i Interpretació de Els Hostalets de Pierola. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. soledad.este...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Introduction to Naturalistic and Scientific Illustration, May 2014, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues: Registration is open for the course: Introduction to Naturalistic and Scientific Illustration; May 12-16, 2014. Instructor: Oscar Sanisidro (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales - CSIC, Spain) Site: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain). This course offers a broad introduction to scientific illustration applied to Biological Sciences with some remarks in Palaeontology. It includes general elements in the production of a scientific illustration for editorial publishing. It is also intend to show a look at the most current technological advances in the field like basic computer graphics applied to science illustration and 3D modelling. Practical examples will be fitted according to the feedback of the applicants. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/draw/scientific-illustration/ This course is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Place are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Ph.D. Course Director cour...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Sciencehttp://www.transmittingscience.org/ If you want to receive information about specific courses, please subscribe (http://www.transmittingscience.org/subscription.htm) selecting those topics of your interest. Disclaimer: The sender does not guarantee the security of this email, and assumes no responsibility for any possible damage incurred through data capture, virus incorporation or any manipulation carried out by third parties. Please note that your email address has been obtained from public sources and it is part of our database files, which is treated as confidential. You can at any time exercise your right of cancellation by sending back an email with the Subject Stop receiving.
[ECOLOG-L] Course Integration and modularity with geometric morphometrics, Barcelona (Spain), January 28-31
Dear Colleagues, This is the last call for the course Integration and modularity with geometric morphometrics - Third edition. January 28-31, 2014. Instructor: Dr. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK). END OF EARLY REGISTRATION WITH REDUCED FEE: SEPTEMBER 30. Place: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Spain. Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Català de Paleontologia and the Council of Els Hostalets de Pierola. More information: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/modularity-and-gm/ The aim of this course is to provide participants with an overview of morphometric approaches to studying morphological integration and modularity. The concepts of integration and modularity will be introduced and discussed in different contexts (e.g. development, individual variation, evolutionary change, coordinated change with changes in environment). The theoretical basis and application of different methods for analyzing integration and modularity in geometric morphometric data will be presented. Participants are encouraged to bring their own morphometric data for analysis and discussion in the course. Moreover, for those participants interested in the analysis of phenotypic variation in relation with genes, a 20 % off will be offered in the course “Quantitative Genetics of Shape” that will be held the week after the Integration and GM course (http://www.transmittingscience.org/quant_gen_shape.htm). With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno Course Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] Course Modelling Dinamics in Biology, Barcelona, Spain, February 4-7
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course MODELLING DINAMICS IN BIOLOGY, February 4-7, 2014. Instructors: Dr. Andreea Munteanu (CGR, Spain) and Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-Caso (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain) Place: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain). The current course will present an overview of systems biology with emphasis on the necessity, uses and pitfalls of dynamical modelling in biology. It introduces the required language and philosophy for a smooth and fruitful collaboration between life scientists and theoreticians (i.e. mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists). The main goal of the course is not a detailed description of the modelling tools in systems biology, but a thorough overview of the terminology and applicability range of these methodologies. The time dedication throughout the course will be one-third for theoretical introduction, and two thirds for modelling applications for very diverse biological systems. The participants will acquire the necessary skills to understand and interpret models and modelling results from scientific articles, and will take the first steps into building their own mathematical models. Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/syst-bio/intro-system-bio/ or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director
[ECOLOG-L] Courses on Ecological and Environmental data analysis, November 2014, Barcelona
Dear colleagues, The early registration with reduced fee has been extended for the following courses: - A FRIENDLY INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS, November 18-19, 2013. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/intro-ecol-statistics/ - A TOOLKIT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS, November 20-22. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/ecological-data-analysis/ Data analysis is not only about statistical testing of hypotheses, but also (and more interestingly) about visualization of large and complex data sets. In spite of their complicated names, most of the modern data analysis methods are easy to understand and produce graphical results. They are designed to help address questions such as geographical distribution of communities, interactions between communities and their physical environment, ecological change through time in response to sudden or gradual environmental change (pollution, climate), and patterns of diversity. We will give a practical introduction to multivariate community analysis, spatial and time series analysis as applied to ecological, environmental and geological data. We will use the free software Past, but the same methods are found in other software. We will use the free and friendly Past software (written by the lecturer), but the methods are equally relevant for users of other programs. We will discuss not only the practicalities of statistics, but also the limitations of statistical testing, demonstrated by example. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data sets! Instructor: Øyvind Hammer (University of Oslo, Norway) Place: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno
[ECOLOG-L] Courses on Ecological data analysis, November, Barcelona, Spain.
Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the following courses: - A FRIENDLY INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS, November 18-19, 2013. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/intro-ecol-statistics/ - A TOOLKIT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS, November 20-22. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/ecological-data-analysis/ Participation in both courses has a discount. Instructor: Øyvind Hammer (University of Oslo, Norway) Place: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Academic Director soledad.este...@transmittingscience.org Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
