Workshop on Mathematical
Population Genetics
Edinburgh, 26-30 March 2006
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Scientific Programme and Participants
Workshop structureThe Workshop starts with Registration (between 10.00 and 10.45) followed by talks on Sunday 26 March and finishes in the afternoon of Thursday 30 March. There will be three one-hour lectures each day (except Sunday), with much of each afternoon taken up by directed problem sessions
For list of participants click here.
Workshop themes
• Muller’s ratchet
• Spatial population models
• Sweeps versus demography
• Fluctuating selection
• Genome rearrangement
| Sunday 26 March | Theme: Muller's ratchet |
| 10.00-10.45 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.45-11.00 | Rousing introduction |
| 11.00-12.00 | Igor Rouzine (Tufts University): Talk - PPT |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch in Exhibition Room, India Street |
| 13.30-15.00 | Discussion led by Brian Charlesworth (University of Edinburgh): Talk - PPT |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea |
| 15.30-16.30 | Discussion session continued |
| 16.30-17.30 | Ellen Baake (Bielefeld University) |
| Monday 27 March | Theme: Spatial population models |
| 09.30-10.30 | Nicolas Champagnat (WIAS, Berlin): Talk - PDF |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee |
| 11.00-12.00 | Richard Law (University of York) |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch break |
| 13.30-15.00 | Discussion led by Alison Etheridge (University of Oxford) |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea |
| 15.30-16.30 | Discussion session continued |
| 16.30-17.30 | Paul Fearnhead (University of Lancaster): Talk - PDF (Resultant paper) |
| 17.45-18.45 | Reception with drinks and nibbles |
| 19.00 | Informal meal – Nargile, Hanover Street |
| Tuesday 28 March | Theme: Sweeps versus demography |
| 09.30-10.30 | Bob Griffiths (University of Oxford): Talk - PDF1; PDF2; PDF3; PDF4; PDF5; PDF6 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee |
| 11.00-12.00 | Yuseob Kim (Arizona State University): Talk - PDF |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch break |
| 13.30-15.00 | Discussion led by Wolfgang Stephan (University of Munich) |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea |
| 15.30-16.30 | Discussion session continued |
| 16.30-17.30 | Éric Brunet (École Normale Supérieure): Talk - PDF |
| Wednesday 29 March | Theme: Fluctuating selection |
| 09.30-10.30 | Denis Roze (University of Edinburgh): Talk - PDF |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee |
| 11.00-12.00 | Nick Barton (University of Edinburgh): Talk - PDF |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch break |
| 13.30-15.00 | Discussion led by Jay Taylor (University of Edinburgh) |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea |
| 15.30-16.30 | Discussion session continued |
| 16.30-17.30 | Anton Wakolbinger (University of Frankfurt): Talk - PDF/Peter Pfaffelhuber (LMU Munich): Talk - PDF |
| 19.00 | Workshop dinner – Howies, Waterloo Place |
| Thursday 30 March | Theme: Genome rearrangment |
| 09.30-10.30 | Joachim Hermisson (University of Munich): Talk - PPT |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee |
| 11.00-12.00 | Nathanaël Berestycki (University of British Columbia): Talk - PDF |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch break |
| 13.30-15.00 | Discussion led by Toby Johnson (University of Edinburgh): Talk - PDF |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea |
| 15.30-16.30 | Discussion session continued |
| 16.30-17.30 | Steve Evans (UC Berkeley): Talk - PDF |
List of Participants
20 March
| Name | Institution |
| Ackland, Graeme | University of Edinburgh |
| Baake, Ellen | Bielefeld University |
| Barton, Nick | University of Edinburgh |
| Berestycki, Julien | Université de Provence |
| Berestycki, Nathanaël | University of British Columbia |
| Birkner, Matthias | WIAS Berlin |
| Brunet, Éric | École Normale Supérieure |
| Champagnat, Nicolas | WIAS, Berlin |
| Charlesworth, Deborah | University of Edinburgh |
| Charlesworth, Brian | University of Edinburgh |
| Csillery, Kati | University of Edinburgh |
| Cuthbertson, Charles | University of Oxford |
| de Cara, Angeles | University of Edinburgh |
| Eldon, Bjarki | Harvard University |
| Etheridge, Alison | University of Oxford |
| Evans, Steve | UC Berkeley |
| Fearnhead, Paul | University of Lancaster |
| Griffiths, Bob | University of Oxford |
| Haas, Bénédicte | Ceremade |
| Hermisson, Joachim | University of Munich |
| Johnson, Toby | University of Edinburgh |
| Kim, Yuseob | Arizona State University |
| Lambert, Amaury | École Normale Supérieure |
| Law, Richard | University of York |
| Li, Haipeng | University of Munich |
| Loewe, Laurence | University of Edinburgh |
| Marion, Glenn | Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland |
| McVean, Gil | University of Oxford |
| Meleard, Sylvie | Université Paris 10 |
| Murrell, David | Imperial College London |
| Pfaffelhuber, Peter | LMU Munich |
| Rouzine, Igor | Tufts University |
| Roze, Denis | University of Edinburgh |
| Song, Yun | University of California at Davis |
| Stephan, Wolfgang | University of Munich |
| Taylor, Jay | University of Oxford |
| Véber, Amandine | École Normale Supérieure |
| Wakolbinger, Anton | University of Frankfurt |
| Yu, Feng | University of Oxford |
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