[Jenling] Fwd: Taming the BEAST 2020 Registration now open!

[Ruprecht von Waldenfels]

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the June 2020 
edition of our summer school "Taming the BEAST".

Phylogenetics and phylodynamics are central topics in modern biology. 
Phylogenetic inferences reconstruct the evolutionary relationships 
between organisms, whereas phylodynamic inferences reveal the dynamics 
that lead to the observed relationships. These two fields have many 
practical applications in disciplines such as epidemiology, 
developmental biology, paleontology, ecology and even linguistics. 
However, phylogenetics and phylodynamics are complex and fast-evolving 
fields. As such, inference tools are not easily accessible to 
researchers who are not from a computational background.

Taming the BEAST is a summer school focusing on the BEAST2 software and 
consisting of a mix of invited talks, lectures and hands-on tutorials by 
leading and renowned experts in the field (including several of the core 
developers of BEAST2). The aim of this summer school is to equip 
participants with the skills necessary to confidently perform their own 
phylogenetic and phylodynamic inferences in Bayesian settings, while 
providing them with a firm grasp of the theory behind those inferences. 
Participants are also highly encouraged to bring their own datasets 
along and to engage with the organisers and speakers to address any 
problems specific to their own datasets/analyses.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. We welcome applications from graduate students 
and early-career scientists in the life sciences. Preference will be 
given to applicants who are not from a computational background and 
applicants who have already collected/assembled a dataset that they need 
to analyze.

Invited speakers:

Alexei Drummond (University of Auckland)
Tanja Stadler (ETH Zurich)
Remco Bouckaert (University of Auckland)
Denise Kuehnert (Max Planck Institute)

Dates: May 31 to June 5, 2020 (Deadline for registration is March 1).

Place: Oberägeri, Switzerland

Registration Fee: 900 CHF (Registration fee includes accommodation and 
meals).

For more information please visit the summer school website: 
https://www.bsse.ethz.ch/cevo/taming-the-beast/overview-2020.html

For information on previous workshop programs, tutorials etc. please 
visit https://taming-the-beast.org.

We hope to see you there,
the Taming the BEAST organising team


-- 

Denise Kühnert
tide group leader

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Kahlaische Straße 10
07745 JENA
Germany
www.shh.mpg.de/tide  <http://www.shh.mpg.de/tide>
Phone: +49 (0)3641-686-830

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