Frontiers of Evolutionary Biology (2008 Krishnaiah and Khatri lecture series)
The Department of Statistics will be hosting a one day workshop entitled "Frontiers of Evolutionary Biology" as part of the 2008 Krishnaiah and Khatri Lecture Series.
Event details
| When |
Fri Oct 10, 2008 09:00 am — 04:45 pm |
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| Where |
HUB Auditorium
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| Contact Person |
Barbara Freed
865-8630
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Lecturers:
Krishnaiah Lecturer: Elizabeth Thompson, University of Washington
Khatri Lecturer: Alan Walker, PSU.
Agenda:
- 9:00- 9:05
- Welcome by the Dean, PSU Eberly College of Science
- 9:05-9:15
- Masatoshi Nei, PSU, Chairman. Introduction of Topic and Speakers
- 9:15-10:05
- Elizabeth Thompson, Univ. of Washington. ‘Inference of genome sharing among related individuals: Integrating modern SNP data on pedigrees and populations’
- 10:05-10:15
- Discussion
- 10:30-11:00
- Kateryna Makova, PSU. ‘Studying mutations in the age of statistical genomics’
- 11:00-11:30
- Yu Zhang, PSU. ‘Reconstructing evolution history for complex gene clusters in multiple primates’
- 11:45-12:45
- “Flock of Dodos: The Evolution/Intelligent-design circus” a movie by Randy Olson.
- 2:15-2:25
- Peter Hudson, PSU, Chairman. ‘Introduction of Topic and Speakers’
- 2:25-3:15
- Alan Walker, PSU. ‘Humans in an evolutionary context’
- 3:15-3:25
- Discussion
- 3:25-3:55
- Beth Shapiro, PSU. ‘Inferring the demographic history of measurably evolving populations using ancient DNA’
- 3:55-4:25
- Adam Siepel, Cornell Univ. ‘Phylogenomics of mammals: Novel genes and positive selection’
- 4:25-4:45
- Discussion on all topics
