Interdisciplinary Symposium
February 17, 2014 at the University of Zurich
The Center of Evolutionary Medicine in collaboration with the URPP Evolution in Action
Disease, Immunity & Ancient DNA - How interdisciplinary research reveals the evolution of human health and environmental adaptation.
Speakers:
- Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich
- Frank Rühli, University of Zurich
- Abigail Bouwman, University of Zurich
- Eva-Maria Geigl, Institut Jacques Monod, France
- Anne Stone, Arizona State University, USA
- Michael Campana, Harvard University, UK and University of Zurich
- Kentaro Shimizu, University of Zurich
- Giada Ferrari, University of Zurich
- Médéric Diard, ETH of Zurich
- David Seifert, ETH of Zurich
- Angela Schlumbaum, Julia Elsner and Sandra Pichler, University of Basel
- Sabrina Meyer, University of Zurich
Minisymposium Conservation Genomics
March 14, 2014 at the University of Zurich
Speakers:
- Mark Beaumont, University of Bristol, UK Title: An overview of current approaches for identifying local selection
- Michael Bruford, Cardiff University, UK Title: Genomics, ecosystem services and the changing conservation landscape: do we have the tools to address the paradigms?
Annual Retreat 2014
June 2 - 3, 2014 at Hotel Unterhof am Rhein in Diessenhofen
Key Note Speaker:
- Henrik Kaessmann, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
The program comprised progress reports from all research projects of the URPP Evolution in Action, workshops, discussion rounds and a bioinformatics session.
