Rapid evolution during biological invasions - a joint symposium with CUSO
6-7 September 2012
A joint symposium with CUSO Doctoral Program in Ecology & Evolution
Scope
The 2012 Fribourg Days of Ecology & Evolution will explore the facilitating role of evolution in invasions, particularly of rapid adaptive evolution, which has recently become a major subject of research. We want to bring together researchers studying various aspects of rapid evolution in the context of biological invasions and across taxa, involving
(i) rapid evolutionary change in the invader,
(ii) in the environment of the invader in the introduced range, and, as a special case,
(iii) in the context of biological control introductions.
The underlying process is the genetics of adaptation.
Special emphasis will be given to the role of hybridization and polyploidization. Ecological and evolutionary functional genomics provide exciting insights into the dynamics of invasion of genomes when previously diverged species are brought into contact, and these new developments will be highlighted.
Speakers
- Scott P. Carroll, University of California, UC Davis, USA
- Robert I. Colautti, Duke University, Durham, USA
- Carol E. Lee, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
- Arne Nolte, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
- George Roderick, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Content
For each of the topics, we plan to have an introduction by an invited speaker, followed by contributed papers.
At the end of each session, we foresee a round-table discussion led by the invited speaker to identify the present status of knowledge in the field, generalizations, gaps and opportunities, and suggestions for further research.
We strongly advocate that the outcome of these discussions will be the starting point for an opinion/insight paper on this topic.
General information
Location : University of Fribourg, Plant Sciences builiding, rue A. Gockel 3, lecture hall 0.110
Credit point : 1.0 (attendance only), 1.5 (with poster presentation) (scientific activities, Doctoral Program)
Evaluation : Full attendance, active participation during the 2 days
Registration fee : free for PhD students in the Interuniversity doctoral program in organismal biology. Dinner on Thursday evening, reduced price CHF 25.00 (to be paid at the registration desk)
More information : see web site of the symposium
Travel expenses : participants in the Interuniversity doctoral program in organismal biology (University of Neuchâtel) are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class).
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Registration
Registration: closed
Deadline for submission: 1st July 2012
Deadline for registration: 1st August 2012
