Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics 2010

This course will emphasize the vast potentials of the latest DNA sequencing technology in biology.  Many long standing biological questions have recently become answerable. This will be our major focus.  The course will cover topics in evolutionary genomics including genome structure and organization, interaction networks of transcription factors, miRNAs, and expression and epigenetic variation throughout the genome.  The rapidly expanding field of ecological genomics will be explored, including QTL and association mapping, and population structure on the landscape, migration and admixture.  Some background in molecular evolution and popgen is suggested.

It is a practical course.  Presentations will be made by students. We will select specific topics each week and papers will be presented. Rather than a focus on the question and conclusion we will rehash the experimental design and try and redo the computational work. That means downloading the raw data (or in some cases generating our own, eg sequence data) and performing the analysis to generate the figures.  In this way we will get hands on experience with experimental design, computational methods, and data presentation.  You will be able to substitute your data as it pertains to your PhD.

Your measured success will be the ability of your peers to perform the analysis you present. Create links on this page to your presentations, analysis scripts, and new figures you have worked on in your folder.

Here is the schedule

Wednesday’s 3-5pm (Lillie room)

Intro