<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca">evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 10:20 PM<br>Subject: Course: NIMBioS_UTennessee.Selection.Jun18-22<br>To: <a href="mailto:mbarlow@ucmerced.edu">mbarlow@ucmerced.edu</a><br><br><br><br>
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)<br>
is now accepting applications for its Tutorial, The Search for Selection,<br>
to be held June 18-22, 2018, at NIMBioS.<br>
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Objectives: Biologists are obsessed (indeed, seduced) by the search for<br>
signatures of selection in organismal features of interest, ranging from<br>
specific traits to genome-wide signatures. A vast number of approaches<br>
have been suggested in this search for selection, including genomic-based<br>
signatures of recent or ongoing selection, tests based on either excessive<br>
amounts or nonrandom patterns of divergence (in both fossil sequences<br>
and functional genomics data) and the more classical Lande-Arnold fitness<br>
estimates (direct association of phenotypic values with fitness estimates)<br>
and their modern extensions (such as aster models). Given the breadth<br>
of such searches, a large amount of machinery has been developed, but<br>
is rarely presented in a unified fashion. This tutorial presents an<br>
integrated overview of all these approaches, highlighting common themes<br>
and divergent assumptions.<br>
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The goal of this tutorial is to expose investigators from all branches of<br>
biology to this rich menagerie of tests. It is applicable for population<br>
geneticists, genome biologists, evolutionary ecologists, paleontologists,<br>
functional morphologists, and just about any biologist who ponders on<br>
how to formally demonstrate that a feature (or features) of interest<br>
might have been shaped by selection.<br>
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The intended audience is advanced graduate students, postdocs, and<br>
faculty with an interest in searching for targets of selection, be they<br>
particular genomic sequences or particular traits. Given the breadth of<br>
this topic, we expect students from functional genomics, population and<br>
evolutionary genetics, ecology, paleobiology, functional morphology,<br>
and statistics (as well as other fields). The background required is<br>
some basic introduction to population and/or quantitative genetics.<br>
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Location: NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Organizer:<br>
Bruce Walsh, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Arizona For more<br>
information about the tutorial and a link to the online application form,<br>
go to <a href="http://www.nimbios.org/tutorials/selection" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.nimbios.org/<wbr>tutorials/selection</a> Participation in NIMBioS<br>
tutorials is by application only. Individuals with a strong interest in<br>
the topic are encouraged to apply, and successful applicants will be<br>
notified within several weeks after the application deadline. NIMBioS<br>
will cover lodging (5 nights) and provide breakfast and lunch each day<br>
at NIMBioS. If needed, limited financial support for travel expenses<br>
is available.<br>
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Application deadline: February 1, 2018 The National Institute for<br>
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) (<a href="http://www.nimbios.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.nimbios.org</a>)<br>
brings together researchers from around the world to collaborate across<br>
disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to basic and applied<br>
problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National<br>
Science Foundation, with additional support from The University of<br>
Tennessee, Knoxville.<br>
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"Walsh, James Bruce - (jbwalsh)" <<a href="mailto:jbwalsh@email.arizona.edu">jbwalsh@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Associate Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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