Starting early in 2009, a series of workshops will be organized, each focusing on a specific subject. Participation is free and open to all who are interested. Please contact the organiser for more details.
Gene transcription pathways and evolution of trade-offs
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Many species adapt to environmental change by tuning their life-histories in favour of fitness maximization. But the options are constrained by trade-offs such as increasing offspring while decreasing survivorship. Trade-offs between fitness traits are a central tennet in life-history theory and a major question is how they are regulated across different environments. This workshop aims to explore different ways of studying the genetic (transcriptional) architecture of trade-offs. How can we use high throughput technologies to study trade-offs? What are the evolutionary implications of a tightly regulated trade-off?
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Date:
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January 16, 2009
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Venue:
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Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, Building 512, room C44, Wageningen. |
| Organisation: |
Dr. Jan Kammenga, Jan.Kammenga@wur.nl |
Metagenomics and nature mining
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to be announced
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Date:
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March 20, 2009
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Venue:
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NIOO, Heteren |
| Organisation: |
Prof. Hans van Veen, H.vanVeen@nioo.nl |
Comparative genomics
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to be announced
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Date:
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around May 15, 2009 |
Venue:
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University of Amsterdam |
| Organisation: |
Prof. Peter van Tienderen, Tienderen@science.uva.nl |
The ecogenomics of ecological stress
Model- vs. non-model species in ecogenomics
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Within ecogenomics we aim to understand the ecological and evolutionary processes underlying biodiversity. This can be studied from the level of the individual up to the ecosystem. The use of model species (those species that have their genomic DNA sequenced) facilitates the identification and characterization of genes associated with ecologically or evolutionary relevant traits or behaviours. But most models are opportunistic species. (How) can we translate the results from model to non-models? If we would know the sequence of non-models could we answer the relevant questions?
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Date:
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November 20, 2009 |
Venue:
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Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, Building 512, C44, Wageningen. |
| Organisation: |
Jan Kammenga, Jan.Kammenga@wur.nl |