Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Europe 2010

Se ha anunciado el próximo "Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Europe 2010"

Lugar: Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Fecha: 10 - 22 January 2010, individual research session 22 - 29 January 2010
Application Deadline: 1 October 2009
Sitio web: http://workshop.molecularevolution.org/
Organizadores: Michael P. Cummings and Scott A. Handley, Co-Directors
Naiara Rodriquez-Ezpeleta, Associate Director.

"Topics to be covered include:

• Databases and sequence matching: database searching: protein sequence versus protein structure; homology; mathematical, statistical, and theoretical aspects of sequence database searches
• Phylogenetic analysis: theoretical, mathematical and statistical bases; sampling properties of sequence data; Bayesian analysis; hypothesis testing
• Maximum likelihood theory and practice in phylogenetics and population genetics: coalescent theory; maximum likelihood estimation of population genetic parameters
• Molecular evolution integrated at organism and higher levels: population biology; biogeography; ecology; systematics and conservation; population genetics
• Molecular evolution and development: gene duplication and divergence; gene family organization; coordinated expression in evolution
• Comparative genomics: genome content; genome structure; genome evolution
• Molecular evolution of recently diverged species

The course is designed for established investigators, postdoctoral scholars, and advanced graduate students with prior experience in molecular evolution and related fields. Scientists with strong interests in molecular evolution, phylogenetics, population genetics, and related fields are encouraged to apply for admission."

Curso de Posgrado: Análisis Cladísticos y su Aplicación en Paleontología

ASOCIACIÓN PALEONTOLÓGICA ARGENTINA: Cladística y Paleontología
Curso de Postgrado de la APA
Análisis Cladísticos y su Aplicación en Paleontología

Docente: Dr. Diego Pol (CONICET-Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew)
Duración: 5 días (40 horas)
Fecha: del 13/7/09 al 17/7/09
Lugar: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, TE 4982-6670

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Linux para filogenética: PhyLIS

Mac OS le parece caro? Windows .... caro y muy problemático? Bueno pues ahora sera más fácil adoptar Linux como sistema operativo en su investigación filogenética. No solo Linux es gratis sino mucho mas robusto y estable (al menos comparado con Windows), por lo cual en los últimos años este sistema operativo ha estado ganando popularidad, especialmente entre la comunidad científica.

Ahora el nivel de dificultad para instalar Linux y configurar la numerosa colección de programas ya disponibles para análisis filogenéticos ha disminuido significativamente con la disponibilidad de PhyLIS o "Linux Filogenético para Informática y Sistemática" (Phylogenetic Linux for Informatics and Systematics).
PhyLIS incluye dos componentes: el sistema operativo Linux y una colección básica de programas filogenéticos (los que han sido gratis). La configuración tanto del sistema operativo como de los programas incluidos ya esta lista para solo instalar y trabajar.
" ..... [PhyLIS] comes with most commonly used
phylogenetic software pre-compiled, installed,
and configured, which allows this software to
be executed by simply typing the appropriate
command (Table 1). PhyLIS also contains popular
scripting languages (and appropriate phyloinformatic
packages) including Perl (with BioPerl), Python
(with BioPython), and R (with several packages).
It implements parallel versions of several particularly
processor-intensive programs using MPI (including
BEST,4 MrBayes,5 and raxML).6 PhyLIS aims to
present a complete phylogenetic workbench for all
steps of analysis from sequence data manipulation to
alignment and tree search, including visualization (for
alignments and trees), model selection, divergence
time estimation, macroevolutionary analyses and
tools for automation and batch analysis." (Thomson, 2009).

Si aun no ha entrado al mundo Linux, esta es una muy buena oportunidad.

Para bajar el archivo de instalacion ISO ingrese al sitio web de PhyLIS.

Referencia:
Thomson RC. 2009. PhyLIS: a simple Gnu/Linux distribution for phylogenetics and phyloinformatics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 5:91-95 (Link)