Recent developments are providing exciting new insights into the evolutionary dynamics of species diversification and the importance of evolutionary radiations, or rapid episodes of lineage diversification. The aim of this meeting is to explore questions about where, when and why plant evolutionary radiations happen, and how they proceed. The meeting will bring together contributions spanning: (i) new models of species diversification, including paleodiversity and trait evolution, and the increasingly sophisticated and powerful tools available for testing hypotheses about diversification trajectories and their causes; (ii) the proliferation of new molecular phylogenetic data, for more and larger plant clades spanning broader taxonomic, geographical and temporal levels, as well as opportunities for unprecedented phylogenetic resolution of rapidly evolving clades coming from genome-scale DNA sequence data; (iii) assembly of more comprehensive species geographic distribution, functional and life history trait data sets that are enabling more accurate and complete reconstruction of biogeographic and trait evolution histories and interactions; (iv) empirical studies of key plant radiations for understanding the contributions of biotic interactions (pollinators, herbivores, pathogens) as drivers of radiations, the interplay between ecological opportunity and evolutionary innovation in driving radiations, and the mechanisms of radiations in terms of underlying population ecology and speciation. ... [Information of the supplier]
It is a great pleasure to welcome many of you to our international section meeting this August 23rd – 26th 2023 at the Justus-Liebig University (JLU) of Giessen. Known for its long tradition in basic and applied plant research (the botanical garden was founded in 1609 and is the oldest garden in Germany still located at its place of foundation), the JLU Giessen is one of the traditional universities in Germany in which still today the full spectrum of botanical science, including Systematics, EvoDevo, Plant Ecology and Physiology, Plant breeding, Plant pathology is an active part of the JLU´ portfolio. "Plant evolution in a changing world" is the topic of our meeting and participants will have ample room and possibilities to meet their colleagues to discuss the broad spectrum of plant evolution, techniques and concepts, theories and prospects of applied and basic research. Nevertheless, there will be time for social interaction and extensive networking opportunities for graduate students, postdocs, established scientists, and others. The annual meeting of the Section Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology of DBG will bring our members together. Field excursions on Saturday 26th September will provide you with the opportunity to expand your floristic knowledge in the area of Giessen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The Hennig Society was founded in 1980 with the expressed purpose of promoting the field of Phylogenetic Systematics. The Society has a strong international character meeting once a year, typically only every other year in North America. The meeting "Hennig XXXII" will be helb in Rostock, Germany, August 2nd to 7th, 2013. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Dresden Meetings on Insect Phylogeny are dedicated to a broad variety of topics concerning the phylogeny of insects. This includes both the interordinal and intraordinal levels, both morphological and molecular work, and both extant and fossil taxa, as well as occasional methodological contributions. The 6th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny (2013) will not have a particular focus but will generally deal with frontline topics of phylogenetic research in insects. There will be about 25 invited talks presented by high-profile specialists. In addition, there is the possibility to submit free oral presentations and posters. The language of the Meeting is English. ... [Information of the supplier]
The molecular revolution has led to an explosion of phylogenetic research that has both confirmed many long-standing hypotheses as well as forcing us to rethink many others. A more recent, associated development is that of divergence-time estimation, resulting in so-called "timetrees". Whereas phylogenies can only present hypotheses of evolutionary relationships and character evolution, timetrees add an important temporal component to expand our research questions to include investigations of what historical events might have helped drive the evolution of a given structure or taxon. Although all divergence-time estimates are ultimately based on fossil information (including paleogeographic events), the coupling of these data with DNA sequence data has led to a much more comprehensive set of estimates, given that the fossil record alone can only date a subset of the nodes in a tree and often not as precisely as desired. Whereas molecular phylogenetics is well established in Germany, research into timetrees is in its comparative infancy with respect to both its methodological and applied, empirical aspects. Instead, much of the initiative in this area comes from outside of Germany. By presenting a symposium covering diverse aspects of timetrees, we hope to stimulate interest in this developing field of phylogenetics. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Dresden Meetings on Insect Phylogeny are dedicated to a broad variety of topics concerning the phylogeny of insects. This includes both the interordinal and intraordinal levels, both morphological and molecular work, and both extant and fossil taxa, as well as occasional methodological contributions. The 7th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny (2015) will not have a particular focus but will generally deal with frontline topics of phylogenetic research in insects. There will be ca. 30 talks presented by high-profile specialists, plus many poster presentations. The language of the Meeting is English. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are glad to welcome you to the 2016 GGBN conference, held from June 21 through June 24, 2016, in Berlin, Germany. The Global Genome Biodiversity Network is a collaborative effort to cryo-preserve and provide access to genomic samples from across the Tree of Life. Sessions and Workshops are planned on: Concerted collecting and sampling strategies to preserve the Tree of Life; Sampling the lost world in Natural History collections; Nagoya Protocol: consequences and solutions; Knowledge exchange: natural history meets applied biobanking; and Implementing GGBN standards and best practices. ... [Information of the supplier]
Phylogenetics is concerned with what is probably the most important problem in biology: reconstructing the evolutionary history of present-day organisms from molecular data, such as DNA, or morphological characters. Hidden from view, in phylogenetics software packages used by biologists, are algorithms implementing stochastic and combinatorial methods on binary trees, as well as more general network structures. The mathematics involved represent a unique confluence of probability theory, discrete mathematics, stochastic methods, and statistical inference, as well as algebraic methods such as group theory. There are many important theoretical and practical problems that arise, such as statistical identifiability of models, consistency and convergence of methods. These problems can only be solved using a multi-disciplinary approach. Phylomania brings together internationally recognised experts, with the aim of discussing the pressing research problems in phylogenetics. ... [Information of the supplier]
Das diesjährige Symposium wird eine zentrale Frage der Evolutionsbiologie behandeln: Was bestimmt die Form von Strukturen? Wieso sehen Tiere, Pflanzen und ihre Organe so aus, wie sie aussehen? Meist wird die Antwort (die Ebene der Kausalität) den Feldern der Synthetischen oder Erweiterten Evolutionstheorie bzw. auf Strukturebene oft auch der Evolutionären Entwicklungsbiologie zugeordnet. Damit bleiben aber andere Aspekte der organismischen Evolutionsbiologie außen vor. Unter dem Konzept der ‚Evolutionären Morphologie‘ haben wir versucht, kausale Bedingtheiten der Vielgestaltigkeit des Lebens zusammenzufassen. Das genaue Label spielt natürlich gar keine Rolle, aber diejenigen, die fasziniert von der Vielgestaltigkeit des Lebens sind, sind aus unserer Sicht eigentlich immer auch „Morphologen“. Die Eingangsfrage erscheint also gerade in Zeiten der Dominanz funktionell-genomischer Sichtweisen interessanter denn je. Das kommende „Phylogenetische Symposium“ soll sich dieser Frage widmen. Die Themen der Vorträge umfassen so unterschiedliche Aspekte wie Form/Funktion, Evo-Devo, Ökomorphologie, Sexuelle Selektion, Koevolution, und Phylogenetische Bürde. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Ökologie und Evolution versuchen, die Diversität des Lebendigen zu verstehen, einschließlich der Diversität von Arten, ihres genetischen Inventars, der Diversität von Funktionen, Interaktionen und Artengemeinschaften, wie Arten und Artengemeinschaften evolvieren, sich ausbreiten und vergehen. Viele neue Ideen und methodische Ansätze werden gegenwärtig in dem Feld entwickelt, wo sich diese beiden Disziplinen begegnen. Das betrifft sowohl die Ebene der Mikro- als auch der Makroevolution, beispielsweise die Untersuchung der Entstehung von Biodiversitätshotspots, die Auswirkungen von Klimawandel auf die Verbreitung und evolutive Adaptation von Arten und Artengemeinschaften oder genomweite Analysen adaptiver Merkmale in Populationen. Präsentiert werden jüngste Fortschritte in der Evolutionsökologie, ihre Bedeutung für die Phylogenetik und Biodiversitätsforschung, und umgekehrt. Als Rednerinnen und Redner zugesagt haben: Alexandre Antonelli (Göteborg), Christoph Bleidorn (Madrid), Erika Edwards (Providence, Rhode Island), Susanne Fritz (Frankfurt), Catherine Graham (New York), Christian Lexer (Wien), Susanne Renner (München), Marten Winter (Leipzig). Poster-Präsentationen von Studierenden und Postdocs sind willkommen! Die Deadline für die Einreichung von Abstracts ist der 15. September 2016. Bitte senden Sie Ihre Abstracts an Martin Schlegel. Bitte registrieren Sie sich online. Für das Symposium werden keine Teilnahmegebühren erhoben! Wir freuen uns, Sie bald in Leipzig willkommen zu heißen! ... [Information des Anbieters]
