The 2025 Workshop on Molecular Evolution at the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA will be held May 22 to June 1, 2025.

Founded in 1988, the Workshop on Molecular Evolution is the
longest-running workshop of its kind. The Workshop is the premier
program for integrating the methods, theory, and applications of
molecular phylogenetics, statistical genetics, molecular evolution,
and related disciplines. Students work closely with internationally
recognized scientists, receiving (i) high-level instruction in the
principles of molecular evolution and phylogenetics; (ii) advanced
training in statistical methods best suited to modern datasets and
biological questions concerning species, populations, or infectious
diseases; and (iii) hands-on experience with the latest software tools
(often from the authors of the programs they are using). The material
is delivered via lectures, discussions, and bioinformatic exercises
motivated by contemporary topics in molecular evolution. Recently added
topics to the course include deep-time phylogenomics, phylodynamics,
and comparative methods.

A hallmark of this workshop is the direct interaction between students
and field-leading scientists. The workshop serves graduate students,
postdocs, and established faculty from around the world seeking to apply
the principles of molecular evolution to questions of both basic and
applied biological sciences. A priority of this workshop is to foster
an environment where students can learn from each other as well from
the course faculty. As the course progresses, participants learn how to
use the following software and tools to address questions concerning the
origins, maintenance, and function of molecular variation: ASTRAL, BEST,
FASTA, IQ-TREE, MIGRATE, MAFFT, MP-EST, Open Tree, RAxML, RevBayes, PAML,
PAUP*, SNaQ, and SVD Quartets. Students will have the opportunity to work
with software on their own laptops as well as receive training on how
to use the same programs on a computer cluster. In 2025, the confirmed
course instructors include Peter Beerli, Joseph Bielawski, Jeremy Brown,
Belinda Chang, Scott Edwards, Laura Eme, Mandev Gill, Tracy Heath, John
Huelsenbeck, Sungsik Kong, Lacey Knowles, Laura Kubatko, Paul Lewis,
Emily Jane McTavish, Claudia Solis-Lemus, David Swofford, Anne Yoder,
and Rosana Zenil-Ferguson.

Deadline for applications is January 29, 2025:
https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/workshop-molecular-evolution

More information on the Workshop is available on the course website:
https://molevolworkshop.github.io

For further information, please contact Workshop co-Directors: Tracy
Heath and Jeremy Brown at moledirector@mbl.edu.

Jeremy M Brown <jembrown@lsu.edu>

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