Inference of past demographic history using full genome data
Summer Workshop, 2020 at TUM in Freising
The workshop was cancelled and postponed because of corona virus. We will inform you, when we have new dates.
Objectives
- Learn and practice the inference of demography from full genome data using various methods.
- Participate to a joint work to assess the power of these methods and writing of a research paper summarizing the findings.
Methods
In this workshop we want to assess different methods that use full genome polymorphism data to draw statistical inference of the past demography of a population. We want specifically learn how to use and parametrize them, assess their advantages, pitfalls and limitations. Two main classes of methods will be studied with guest instructors who developed them: 1) the Sequential Markov Coalescent (SMC) based methods such as PSMC, MSMC and SMC++, and 2) methods partitioning the genome in many smaller units and using summary statistics of the polymorphism data such as ABLE and Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC).
For further details see program
Location and schedule
Technical University of Munich (TUM), Campus Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
The workshop will start on Tuesday 12th Mai at 9:00 and finish at lunchtime on Thursday 14th of Mai 2020. The participants are asked to arrive on Monday 11th in the evening.
Instructors
Simon Boitard (INRA – Toulouse, France)
Konrad Lohse (University of Edinburgh, UK)
T. Sellinger (TUM)
K. Boendel (University of Hohenheim)
F. Freund (University of Hohenheim)
Accommodation and travel reimbursement
SPP1819 covers train/flight tickets and accommodation according to the rules for reimbursement of travel costs for SPP members and instructors. A reimbursement form will be provided after the workshop. Please indicate via the registration form if you need accommodation. We will book a room for you.
External participants
Also for external participants we can reserve a room if needed. Externals have to pay all costs for accommodation and travel by themselves. A fee to cover meals and workshop material will be requested when the registration phase is finished.
Registration
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