Inicia el Lab de Epigenética y Biología del Desarrollo (INBIOTECA) de la Universidad Veracruzana

A principios de este año, inició actividades el Laboratorio de Epigenética y Biología del Desarrollo en el Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada (INBIOTECA) de la Universidad Veracruzana.

Informes: Dr. Mario Alberto Arteaga-Vázquez

El blog del Lab esta aqui:
http://paramutation.blogspot.com/

"Fungal phylogenomics: Getting lost in the moldy forest." on Phyloseminar.org

Jason Stajich speaks Wednesday, June 29th at noon PST on "Fungal phylogenomics: Getting lost in the moldy forest."

Fungi occupy diverse ecological niches in roles from nutrient cycling in rainforest floors to aggressive plant and animal pathogens. Molecular phylogenetics has helped resolve many of branches on the Fungal tree of life and enabling studies of evolution across this diverse kingdom. The genome sequences from hundreds of fungi now permit the study of change in genes and gene content in this phylogenetic context and to connect molecular evolution with adaptation to ecological niches or changes in lifestyles. I will describe our work in studies contrasting pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi and efforts to unravel the evolution of multicellularity in fungi comparing unicellular basal fungi with multicellular mushrooms and molds.

The development of tools for data mining and use of fungal genomics is also driving the pace of molecular biology and genetics of fungi. I will highlight new approaches to make this easier and the ways data integration can inform and transform studies of functional biology of fungi.

http://phyloseminar.org./

Short course on using R to perform comparative methods

R Methods in Macroevolution Workshop
July 31st to August 5th
Santa Barbara.

We are pleased to announce an intensive short course on using R to perform comparative methods to be held in Santa Barbara on July 31-Aug 5, 2011. This course is funded by the National Science Foundation, and a number of stipends to cover or defray travel, room, and board are available to qualified students and post-docs. Topics covered will include an introduction to the R programming language, tree manipulation, independent contrasts and phylogenetic generalized least squares, ancestral state reconstruction, models of character evolution, diversification analyses, and community phylogenetic analysis.

Application deadline: June 15th.

More Information:
http://pandorasboxfish.squarespace.com/r-methods-in-macroevolution-wo/