********************PostDocs******************** The Friesen lab is moving to Washington State University ( http://plantpath.wsu.edu/people/faculty/friesen/) Fall 2017 to continue to pursue research at the intersection of genomics, evolution, and ecology using plant-diazotroph interactions as a model system. Postdoctoral positions are available with the possibility of contributing to ongoing projects in legume-rhizobia and grass-associative nitrogen fixer interactions, with the expectation that applicants will simultaneously develop independent lines of inquiry, apply for independent funding, and contribute to collaborative proposal preparation. Solid training in (at least one of) evolution, ecology, plant biology, microbiology, modeling and/or genomics is desired, with demonstrated facility in quantitative methods and written communication, as well as interest in interdisciplinary research and excitement for contributing to a collaborative and inspiring lab environment. The lab has access to excellent facilities at WSU for plant growth, phenomics, and genomics, and there are nifty opportunities for outreach, including but not limited to evolutionary video game development. Please contact me (maren.l.friesen@gmail.com) with CV and brief statement of interest; I will be at Evolution 2017, the Microbial Population Biology GRC, and ESA 2017 this summer if you'd like to meet up to chat about opportunities in person. Current lab website: friesen.plantbiology.msu.edu Maren L. Friesen Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Michigan State University 612 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI USA 48824-6481 phone: +1 (323) 454-3023 || office: +1 (517) 844-6947 || fax: +1 (517) 353-1926 http://friesen.plantbiology.msu.edu/ ****Moving to WSU effective August 16th, 2017*** * Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology & Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Washington State University 345 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA USA 99164 http://plantpath.wsu.edu/people/faculty/friesen/ maren.l.friesen@gmail.com ********************WorkshopsCourses******************** "Intro to Eukaryotic Metabarcoding" Delivered by Dr. Owen Wangensteen an expert in eukaryotic metabarcoding. https://www.prinformatics.com/course/eukaryotic-metabarcoding-eukb01/ This course will run from 23rd - 28th July 2018 at Margam Discovery Centre, Wales. Prices start at £400 (approx. 450 euros), accommodation packages available for £260 (approx. 295 euros) Metabarcoding techniques are a set of novel genetic tools for assessing biodiversity of natural communities. Their potential applications include (but are not limited to) accurate water quality, soil diversity assessment, trophic analyses of digestive contents, early detection of non-indigenous species, studies of global ecological patterns and biomonitoring of anthropogenic impacts. This course will give an overview of metabarcoding procedures with an emphasis on practical problem-solving and hands-on work using analysis pipelines on real datasets. After completing the course, students should be in a position to (1) understand the potential and capabilities of metabarcoding, (2) run complete analyses of metabarcoding pipelines and obtain diversity inventories and ecologically interpretable data from raw next-generation sequence data and (3) design their own metabarcoding projects, using bespoke primer sets and custom reference databases. All course materials (including copies of presentations, practical exercises, data files, and example scripts prepared by the instructing team) will be provided electronically to participants. Course content is as follows full syllabus available on the course page; https://www.prinformatics.com/course/eukaryotic-metabarcoding-eukb01/ Monday 20th Session 1. Introduction to metabarcoding procedures. The metabarcoding pipeline. Session 2. Metabarcoding markers. Primer design. PCR and library preparation protocols. Tuesday 21st Session 3. The OBITools pipeline. First steps and quality control. Session 4. Clustering algorithms. Constant and variable identity thresholds. Wednesday 22nd Session 5. Taxonomic assignment. The ecotag algorithm. Reference databases. Session 6. Generating, improving and curating reference databases. Thursday 23rd Session 7. Refining and analysing the final dataset. Collapsing, renormalising and blank correction. α- and ß- diversity patterns. Session 8. Presenting the final results. Online resources and future developments. Friday 24th Session 9. Customization. Session 10 Optional free afternoon to cover previous modules, discuss data or continue with the customization session. Please email oliverhooker@prinformatics.com with any question or visit our website www.prinformatics.com Please feel free to distribute this material anywhere you feel is suitable Upcoming PR informatics courses 1. BIOINFORMATICS FOR GENETICISTS AND BIOLOGISTS #BIGB 3rd - 7th July 2017, Scotland, Dr. Nic Blouin, Dr. Ian Misner http://www.prinformatics.com/course/bioinformatics-for-geneticists-and- biologists-bigb02/ 2. INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS USING LINUX #IBUL 16th - 20th October, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-bioinformatics-using -linux-ibul02/ 3. INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS #IPYB 27th Nov - 1st Dec, Wales, Dr. Martin Jones http://www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-python-for-biologis ts-ipyb04/ 4. INTRODUCTION REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGISTS #IRMS 27th Nov - 1st Dec, Wales, Dr Duccio Rocchini, Dr. Luca Delucchi http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-remote-sensing-and-g is-for- ecological-applications-irms01/ 5. DATA VISUALISATION AND MANIPULATION USING PYTHON #DVMP 11th - 15th December 2017, Wales, Dr. Martin Jones http://www.prinformatics.com/course/data-visualisation-and-manipulation -using-python-dvmp01/ 6. EUKARYOTIC METABARCODING 23rd - 27th July 2018, Scotland, Dr. Owen Wangensteen http://www.prinformatics.com/course/eukaryotic-metabarcoding-eukb01/ 7. CODING, DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHINY APPLICATIONS USING RSTUDIO FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS AND ECOLOGISTS #CDSR Dr. Aline Quadros ----- Upcoming PR statistics courses 1. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA #MASE 19th - 23rd June, Canada, Prof. Subhash Lele, Dr. Peter Solymos http://www.prstatistics.com/course/multivariate-analysis-of-spatial-eco logical-data-using-r-mase01/ 2. TIME SERIES MODELS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R (JUNE 2017 #TSME 26th - 30th June, Canada, Dr. Andrew Parnell http://www.prstatistics.com/course/time-series-models-foe-ecologists-ts me01/ 3. META-ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES #METR01 24th - 28th July, Scotland, Prof. Julia Koricheva, Prof. Elena Kulinskaya http://www.prstatistics.com/course/meta-analysis-in-ecology-evolution-a nd-environmental-sciences-metr01/ 4. SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R #SPAE 7th - 12th August 2017, Scotland, Prof. Jason Matthiopoulos, Dr. James Grecian http://www.prstatistics.com/course/spatial-analysis-ecological-data-usi ng-r-spae05/ 5. ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING USING R #ENMR 16th - 20th October 2017, Scotland, Dr. Neftali Sillero http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r-e nmr01/ 6. GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS AND EXPLORATION USING R #GDAR 23rd - 27th October, Wales, Dr. Thibaut Jombart, Zhian Kavar http://www.prstatistics.com/course/genetic-data-analysis-exploration-us ing-r-gdar03/ 7. STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS USING R #SEMR 23rd - 27th October, Wales, Prof Jarrett Byrnes, Dr. Jon Lefcheck http://www.prstatistics.com/course/structural-equation-modelling-for-ec ologists-and-evolutionary-biologists-semr01/ 8. LANDSCAPE (POPULATION) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R #LNDG 6th - 10th November, Wales, Prof. Rodney Dyer http://www.prstatistics.com/course/landscape-genetic-data-analysis-usin g-r-lndg02/ 9. APPLIED BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS #ABME 20th - 25th November 2017, Scotland, Prof. Jason Matthiopoulos, Dr. Matt Denwood http://www.prstatistics.com/course/applied-bayesian-modelling-ecologist s-epidemiologists-abme03/ 10. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING USING R #ADVR 11th - 15th December 2017, Wales, Dr. Luc Bussiere, Dr. Tom Houslay, Dr. Ane Timenes Laugen, http://www.prstatistics.com/course/advancing-statistical-modelling-usin g-r-advr07/ 11. INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING #IBHM 29th Jan - 2nd Feb 2018, Scotland, Dr. Andrew Parnell http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-bayesian-hierarchica l-modelling-using-r-ibhm02/ 12. ANIMAL MOVEMENT ECOLOGY (February 2018) #ANME 19th - 23rd February 2018, Wales, Dr Luca Borger, Dr. John Fieberg 13. GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R #GMMR 19th - 23rd February 2018, Scotland, Prof. Dean Adams, Prof. Michael Collyer, Dr. Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou http://www.prstatistics.com/course/geometric-morphometrics-using-r-gmmr 01/ 14. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY FROM ORGANISM TO ECOSYSTEM: THEORY AND COMPUTATION #FEER 5th - 9th March 2018, Scotland, Dr. Francesco de Bello, Dr. Lars Götzenberger, Dr. Carlos Carmona http://www.prstatistics.com/course/functional-ecology-from-organism-to- ecosystem-theory-and-computation-feer01/ 15. ADVANCES IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R #MVSP Prof. Pierre Legendre, Dr. Olivier Gauthier - Date and location to be confirmed 16. STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR #SIMM Dr. Andrew Parnell, Dr. Andrew Jackson - Date and location to be confirmed 17. NETWORK ANAYLSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R #NTWA Dr. Marco Scotti - Date and location to be confirmed 18. MODEL BASE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ABUNDANCE DATA USING R #MBMV0 Prof David Warton - Date and location to be confirmed 19. PHYLOGENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (TBC) #PHYL Dr. Emmanuel Paradis - Date and location to be confirmed Oliver Hooker PhD. PR statistics 2017 publications - Ecosystem size predicts eco-morphological variability in post-glacial diversification. Ecology and Evolution. The physiological costs of prey switching reinforce foraging specialization. Journal of animal ecology. prstatistics.com facebook.com/prstatistics/ twitter.com/PRstatistics groups.google.com/d/forum/pr-statistics-post-course-forum prstatistics.com/organiser/oliver-hooker/ 3/1, 128 Brunswick Street Glasgow G1 1TF +44 (0) 7966500340 Oliver Hooker Oliver Hooker ********************Conferences******************** The 12th International Conference on the Evolution of Language invites substantive contributions relating to the evolution of human language. Submissions may be in any relevant discipline, including, but not limited to: anthropology, archeology, artificial life, biology, cognitive science, genetics, linguistics, modeling, paleontology, physiology, primatology, philosophy, semiotics, and psychology. Please see the Call for Papers for details: https://www.facebook.com/EvoLang2018/ http://evolang.cles.umk.pl/call-papers Slawomir Wacewicz Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun http://www.cles.umk.pl http://www.maius.umk.pl/ang/?pid=1&spid=123 Slawomir Wacewicz ********************Conferences******************** Update: Conservation of Adaptive Potential and Functional Diversity 14-15 September 2017, Durham University, UK A discussion meeting to explore the potential for new paradigms and next generation sequencing to facilitate the more effective conservation of adaptive potential and functional diversity. Plenary speakers include Rasmus Nielsen (Berkeley, USA), Bob Wayne (UCLA, USA), Paul Hohenlohe (Idaho, USA), Chris Jiggins (Cambridge, UK), Simone Sommer (Ulm, Germany), Oscar Gaggiotti (St. Andrews, UK), Barbara Mable (Glasgow, UK), Violeta Munoz Fuentes (EMBL-EBI, UK), Victor Soria-Carrasco (Sheffield, UK), Chris Funk (Colorado, USA), Rob Fleischer (Smithsonian, USA), and Mike Bruford (Cardiff, UK) There will also be a series of shorter talks chosen from among the submitted abstracts and a poster session. Abstract Submission: If you would like to be considered for presenting a talk or poster, please send an abstract in the following format: From the top of the page provide the title of the presentation, then the full list of author names, name of speaker (if for a talk), list of affiliations, contact email address, choice of talk vs poster (required), and finally the abstract (250 word maximum). All should be single-spaced and in 12pt Times Roman font. Abstract deadline: 15 July 2017. Please send abstracts to: cap.meeting@durham.ac.uk Meeting sponsored by Springer-Nature and the Genetics Society. Registration and further information available at: https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=761 "HOELZEL, RUS A.R."