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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
Where HUB Auditorium
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

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