Methods for Investigating the Population Genetics of Micro-organisms
A National Workshop for Graduate Students and Scientists to be held at the
School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra
Monday September 29 to Friday October 3, 2008
We are pleased to announce a workshop on analytical methods relevant to the epidemiology and population genetics of micro-organisms, to be offered by David Gordon and Celeste Linde (Australian National University).
Topics to be covered will include:
- Molecular markers
- Population differentiation statistics
- Gene flow and migration rates
- Detecting and quantifying recombination
- Population assignment methods, and
- Determining genotype relatedness.
The course will be a combination of mini-lectures, tutorials and computer based practical sessions and is designed to ensure that participants fully understand the procedures involved and the interpretation of analytical results.
The workshop will present the theoretical framework and concepts necessary to understand the processes shaping the genetic structure of bacterial populations. Participants will be introduced to the basic analytical principles underlying a range of public domain software packages that are available for the analysis of genetic data. The emphasis will be on the use of these analytical methods and on the interpretation of the results. This is a course designed for people working with microorganisms and examples will be drawn from a variety of bacterial and fungal species.
David Gordon studies the population biology of enteric bacteria and Celeste Linde's work concerns the population biology of pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi.
COST including GST (If pre-paid by August 31, 2008)
Graduate Students $600.00
University Scientists $1200.00
Government Scientists $2400.00
A late fee of $100 will apply to all payments made after Aug 31, 2008
Application Process
The Workshop is sponsored by the Ecology, Evolution and Systematics Graduate Program at ANU. Applications will be processed in order of receipt. Places are limited, and application does not guarantee a place. Successful applicants will be notified of a placing by the close of applications.
To apply please complete the registration form
For payment please complete the payment form
A flyer about this workshop can be downloaded here
For information about the Master of Molecular Genetic Analysis click here
