Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution and Ecology – Virtual

Overview

Conference Overview

This conference series has become known for exploring yeasts as models to study questions of general relevance to evolution and ecology. Experts will speak on a range of topics, including evolution theory, ecology, genetics, cell biology, genomics, systems biology, metabolic modelling and engineering.

The focus of this conference will be on comparative and experimental strategies to explore evolutionary questions, from field studies to computer simulations to comparative genomics. Central evolutionary questions will be discussed, using yeast and a range of other species whose biology is well understood and to determine the degree to which that biology is conserved in more distantly related species.

The aim is to move from correlative studies based on comparative work to more causal studies based on broad experimental support. This problem is particularly pressing in the age of cheap and easy sequencing.

Session Topics

• Systems and synthetic biology
• Evolutionary systems biology
• Experimental evolution
• Assembly and evolution of microbial communities
• Evolution of complex traits

Speakers and Trainers

Claudia Bank

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência,

Portugal

Pedro Beltrao

EMBL-EBI Hinxton,

UK

Sinead Collins

The University of Edinburgh,

UK

Virginia Cornish

Columbia University,

USA

Maitreya Dunham

University of Washington,

USA

Rachel Dutton

University of California, San Diego,

USA

Adam Feist

Technical University of Denmark,

Denmark

Gilles Fischer

Sorbonne Université,

France

Toni Gabaldón

Centre for Genomic Regulation,

Spain

Tatiana Giraud

Université Paris-Saclay,

France

Matthew Goddard

University of Lincoln,

UK

Isabel Gordo

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência,

Portugal

Jun-Yi Leu

Institute of Molecular Biology,

Taiwan

Gianni Liti

University of Nice,

France

Chang C. Liu

University of California, Irvine,

USA

Angad P. Mehta

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

USA

Sara Mitri

University of Lausanne,

Switzerland

Kiran Patil

EMBL Heidelberg,

Germany

Markus Ralser

The Francis Crick Institute/Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin,

UK/Germany

Antonis Rokas

Vanderbilt University,

USA

Joseph Schacherer

University of Strasbourg,

France

Wenying Shou

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,

USA

Irene Stefanini

University of Turin,

Italy

Lars Steinmetz

EMBL Heidelberg,

Germany

Nassos Typas

EMBL Heidelberg,

Germany

Scientific Organiser

Maitreya Dunham

University of Washington,

USA

Jun-Yi Leu

Institute of Molecular Biology,

Taiwan

Gianni Liti

University of Nice,

France

Sara Mitri

University of Lausanne,

Switzerland

Kiran Patil

EMBL Heidelberg,

Germany

Conference Organiser

Maryann Heck

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Programme