E v o l D i r April 1, 2015 Month in Review Foreword This listing is intended to aid researchers in population genetics and evolution. To add your name to the directory listing, to change anything regarding this listing or to complain please send me mail at [email protected]. Listing in this directory is neither limited nor censored and is solely to help scientists reach other members in the same field and to serve as a means of communication. Please do not add to the junk e-mail unless necessary. The nature of the messages should be \bulletin board" in nature, if there is a \discussion" style topic that you would like to post please send it to the USENET discussion groups. Instructions for the EvolDir are listed at the end of this message. / Foreword ...................................................................................................1 Conferences . .2 GradStudentPositions . .23 Jobs ....................................................................................................... 47 Other ......................................................................................................66 PostDocs .................................................................................................. 75 WorkshopsCourses . 117 Instructions . 135 Afterword ................................................................................................ 135 2 EvolDir April 1, 2015 Conferences Amsterdam PlantGenomeEvolution Sep6-8 . .2 SaoPaulo Evolution Jun26-30 MinorityAirfare . 13 Berkeley EvoDevo Aug5-9 . .3 SaoPaulo Evolution Jun26-30 MinorityStudentTravel Bologna ItalianSocEvolutionaryBiol Aug31-Sep3 . .3 13 Cairns Birdsong Aug9-14 . .4 Saskaton CanSocEcoEvol May22-24 EarlyBird . .14 Cairns MatingConflict Mar16 . .4 Scotland EMPSEB StudentEvolutionaryBiology Sep8- Cambridge EvolutionaryGenomics Mar17 . .4 12 .................................................14 Crete EvolutionaryBiol Oct7-11 . .5 StAndrews DrosophilaEvolution May8 . .14 Dublin Bioinformatics Jul10-11 . .5 Stockholm MammalBiol Aug16-22 Registration . .15 Edinburgh QuantitativeGenetics Mar18 . .6 Sydney Hawkesbury BiologyTephritidFlies Apr2 . 15 Germany IBAC2015 VocalisingFemales Sep7-12 . .7 Tours France EukaryoticGenomes Jul8-10 . 16 Guelph Barcoding Aug18-21 . .7 Tubingen PopBio May14-16 . 16 KansasStateU ArthropodGenomics Jun17-19 Deadline- Turkey EcolEvolutionaryBiol Aug6-7 Registration . 17 Mar9 ...............................................8 UBrno PlantGenetics Sep7-10 . 17 Krakow Poland EvolutionaryPhysiology Aug23-28 . .9 UCalifornia Berkeley EvoDevo Aug5-9 . .18 Montreal PopulationCohorts Apr16-17 . .9 UCalifornia Berkeley EvoDevo Aug5-9 Deadlines . 18 NESCent BiodiversityDisease May4-6 CallApplicants UHuddersfield ProtistEvolution Apr15-17 . 19 10 ULisbon ReticulateEvolution Jul17 . 19 Paris EvolutionaryAdaptation Jul8-10 . 10 UMichigan AnnArbor PopGenet Jul25-26 . 19 Paris MathModelsEcolEvol Jul8-10 Registration . 11 UMichigan ECSS Microbiome Ecol Evol Mar28 . .20 Paris MMEE AdaptationInAChangingEnvironment UMichigan SocSystematicBiol May20-22 . .21 Jul08-10 . 11 Vienna SMBE2015 Jul12-16 EarlyBird ClosingThisSun- Paris MMEE LinkageAndTheLimitstoSelection Jul08-10 day ............................................... 22 12 Zurich EvolMed Jul30-Aug1 . 22 Peru Biodiversity Oct15-18 . 12 It is our pleasure to announce the third Current Opinion Conference on Plant Genome Evolution, to be held in Amsterdam, 6-8 September 2015. We are delighted to Amsterdam PlantGenomeEvolution be holding this (now biannual) event again after a very Sep6-8 successful first and second meeting in 2011 and 2013 where renowned plant researchers gave inspiring talks and where many discussed their latest research in the *Plant Genome Evolution 2015* A Current Opinion field. Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands 6-8 Septem- For the 2015 meeting, we are even more ambitious than ber 2015 the previous years and are trying to put together an For full conference details visit http://- even more exciting programme focused on (new) plant www.plantgenomeevolution.com *Submit abstracts by genomes, natural variation, domestication, epigenetics, 3 April 2015* April 1, 2015 EvolDir 3 and systems biology, of course all with a strong emphasis All details about registration, accommodation op- on evolution and evolutionary aspects. tions, child care services, and the conference pro- This third meeting will present the unique opportunity gram are available at the following website: http:/- to meet and discuss with colleagues, get updated on /www.evodevopanam.org/meetings{events.html Sup- the newest developments and insights in plant genome port the Society and Become a Member!! To learn more evolution, and will provide unique possibilities to net- about PASEDB, visit the following website: http://- work and discuss collaborations. We are delighted to www.evodevopanam.org/ The Organizing Committee and the PanAm SEDB Executive Council look forward announce that Prof. Gerald A. Tuskan (Oak Ridge Na- tional Laboratory and JGI, USA) has agreed to deliver to welcoming you to Berkeley in August! the plenary lecture on Sunday, opening the meeting. Chelsea Specht <[email protected]> Topics - (Novel) Genome projects - Genome and epigenome evolution - Gene and genome duplication - Genomic views on hybridization, heterosis, domestication, and speciation - Genomic variation and population genomics Bologna ItalianSocEvolutionaryBiol - Bioinformatics, systems and synthetic biology Aug31-Sep3 Mary McAdam <[email protected]> The University of Bologna, the Department of Biological Geological and Environmental Sciences and the Molec- ular Zoology Lab (MoZoo Lab) invite you at the 6th Berkeley EvoDevo Aug5-9 Congress of the Italian Society of Evolutionary Biology that will be held in Bologna (Italy) from August 31 to September 3, 2015. Registration for the inaugural meeting of the Pan Amer- You can find all the informations at the Conference web- ican Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology < site www.evoluzione2015.net The 6th SIBE congress http://www.evodevopanam.org/ > is open! Mark your wants to specifically promote exchanges and discussion calendars for the meeting dates, 5-9 August, 2015. Only among Italian and non-Italian evolutionary Biologists, a few spots left!!! with particular attention to young researchers. Sym- posia will cover different topics, including the most *The registration deadline is April 1, 2015. Click up-to-date thematic areas of Evolutionary Biology. A **here* < http://www.evodevopanam.org/meetings{ paricular attention will also be given to the dissem- events.html >* to register.* ination of the nature and social role of evolutionary Follow us: @EvoDevoPanAm biologists to general public. Join Us: #EvoDevo15 The Conference is organized into 7 thematic symposia covering most of the fields of Evolutionary Biology. The A few meeting highlights: Conference warmly welcomes all professional and non- - *Confirmed speakers: *Chris Amemiya, Alexa Bely, professional Evolutionary Biologists, as well as teachers Sean Carroll, Rachel Collin, Kim Cooper, Tamara Franz- and science writers. It is also particularly addressed to Odendaal, Matt Gibson, Angela Hay, Vivian Irish, young students and scientists and, through an informal Catherine Linnen, Mark Martindale, Jose Xavier Neto, and easy going atmosphere, wants to promote exchanges Natalia Pab´on-Mora(Early Career Award Recipient), and synergies among scientists and/or amateurs. Richard Palmer, Rudy Raff (Pioneers Award recipient), The Congress venue is conveniently located in the Uni- Bob Reed, Matt Rockman, Neelima Sinha, Stacey D. versity Area, which is close to the historic part of the Smith, Ralf Sommer, Mansi Srivastava, James Umen beautiful city of Bologna, the house of the oldest Uni- - Published abstracts veristy in the world. - Posters on display throughout the entire meeting We hope to see you in all in Bologna - Poster prizes for PhD students and postdocs The Organizing Committee of the 6th Congress of the - Child Care reimbursement available!! Bring the whole Italian Society of Evolutionary Biology family. Marco Passamonti <[email protected]> 4 EvolDir April 1, 2015 Cairns Birdsong Aug9-14 Cairns MatingConflict Mar16 REMINDER: ABSTRACT DEADLINE APPROACH- For those of you interested in the role of conflict in ING! mating and reproduction, please consider registering As a part of the Behaviour 2015 conference that will be for the \Costs and Conflict in Reproduction" sympo- held in Cairns, Australia, on 9-14 August 2015, we are sium at this year's Behaviour 2015 in Cairns (http:/- pleased to announce a symposium on the topic \Female /www.behaviour2015.org/). If you wish to submit an song: fitness costs and benefits”. abstract, follow the instructions under \Symposium Details" (http://www.behaviour2015.org/symposium- Symposium summary: details/). Please note that abstracts are due by March Bird song, traditionally regarded as primarily a male 16. trait, is in fact widespread among female songbirds and id #19662 Costs and Conflict in Reproduction Conflict was likely present in the ancestor of modern songbirds. between individuals is ubiquitous in nature, and stems These recent findings challenge the view that sexual from costs incurred by one or more players in an interac- dimorphism in the expression and complexity of song is tion when their optima do not align. Self-promotion and largely the outcome of sexual selection on males. It is cost avoidance help to shape all manner of behavioural now clear that understanding