Meeting and positions in evolution 2009
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE 2009) will be held in IOWA on the campus of the University of Iowa, from June 3-7, 2009. The theme of the year is “Darwin to the Next Generation”, to commemorate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th publication anniversary of On the Origin of Species. The society also acknowledge both the human creativity and technological innovations that are revolutionizing our understanding of the evolution of genes, genomes and organisms.
Symposium on the “Origin and Evolution of animal genomes” :
Multicellular animals (Metazoa) are relatively late arrivers on the scene of eukaryotic evolution and differ from other eukaryotes in their morphological organization, cellular composition, life cycles,
and life styles. These differences should ultimately reflect information encoded in animal genomes but should also influence the evolution of animal genome architecture. The advent of high-throughput
sequencing technology made it possible to obtain genomic information for both model and non-model species of animals and their closest phylogenetic relatives. Several new animal genomes have been published in the last year alone. This symposium will attempt to provide a synthesis of our current understanding of animal genome evolution and its relevance to organismal evolution in the group. In particular we will focus on genomes of non-bilaterian animals as they are essential for reconstructing early stages in animal genome evolution.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
April 1st for contributed talks
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
T. Ryan Gregory, University of Guelph
Kevin J. Peterson, Dartmouth College
MEETING WEBSITE:
http://smbe2009.org
PhD Position: Gene-environment interactions in development and evolution (Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Nice, France)
A PhD fellowship is available to study how developmental processes respond to environmental variation and how such responses evolve.
To apply, send a summary of your research interests and future plans,
CV, names and contact information for three references to Christian
Braendle (braendle@unice.fr), BEFORE April 15, 2009. Informal
inquiries welcome. For more information, please visit:
http://www.unice.fr/isdbc/
2 Doctoral Student Positions in Evolutionary Genetics
The Doctoral Students will be a part of the Ecological Genetics Research Unit (EGRU). The assignments will begin during spring 2009 (start date is flexible) and continue through 2011, possibly longer. EGRU is part of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Evolutionary Genetics and Physiology (http://www.coe.fi). Supervisor of the project will be Prof. Juha Merilä. The research work is done in collaboration with other members of EGRU.the PhD-projects aim to investigate genetics of local
adaptation in sticklebacks using various genetic (population genetic, genomic and quantitative genetic) approaches.
Web link : http://www.helsinki.fi/bio/english/
Good luck to the people who wish to apply!!!
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