Workshops in Molecular Evolution, Woods Hole, MA, 2000-2002

9980563 Cummings分子进化已经成为许多生物学研究领域的纽带。它整合并丰富了生物化学、生物信息学、发育生物学、基因组学、微生物学、种群生物学、系统学和遗传学等领域。海洋生物实验室的分子进化研讨会是该领域规模最大，最有影响力的课程。该研讨会始于1988年，因其在分子进化教学方面的卓越表现而赢得了国际声誉。用约自成立以来，该工作坊每年招收60名学生，为近660名学生提供了丰富而深入的学习经验，并将在未来三年每年培训60名学生。由于分子进化研究涉及的领域广泛，很难在一所大学中找到一门综合性的课程;一个机构在所有必要的领域都保持专业知识是罕见的。相比之下，讲习班是唯一能够提供必要的广度和深度，利用大量的访问教师与适当的专业知识，所有这些领导人在各自的领域。此外，讲习班的灵活性，交替讲座和动手计算机实验室，允许快速适应这一动态领域的变化。 在接下来的三年里，该研讨会将由Michael Cummings博士管理，他在比较分子进化研究方面受过培训，并具有与许多不同生物群体合作的经验。具体目标包括分子进化的理论和分析方面的高级培训，可用于此类调查的计算资源，用于比较和机制研究的数据库挖掘，以及促进分子生物学，遗传学和人口生物学的跨学科项目。学生选拔和外联工作将继续利用过去几年所代表的广泛机构（150多个），其中女生占总人数的41%以上。此外，MBL将支持分子进化研讨会网站的开发，以便更广泛地提供活动中出现的资源和发现。

9980563Cummings Molecular evolution has become the nexus of many areas of biological research. It integrates and enriches such areas as biochemistry, bioinformatics, developmental biology, genomics, microbiology, population biology, systematics, and phylogenetics. The Workshop in Molecular Evolution at the Marine Biological Laboratory is the largest and most influential course in the field. Started in 1988, the workshop has garnered an international reputation for excellence in teaching molecular evolution. With ca. 60 students enrolled each year, the Workshop has provided a rich and intensive learning experience for nearly 660 students since its inception, with an additional 60 students to be trained in each of the next three years. Because of the wide range of fields addressed in the study of molecular evolution, it is difficult to find a comprehensive course offered in a single university setting; it is rare for a single institution to maintain expertise in all the necessary areas. In contrast, the Workshop is uniquely able to provide necessary breadth and depth by utilizing a large number of visiting faculty with appropriate expertise, all of them leaders in their respective fields. Furthermore, the flexible nature of the workshop, with alternating lectures and hands-on computer laboratories, allows for rapid adaptation to changes in this dynamic field. Over the next three years, the Workshop will be administered by Dr. Michael Cummings, trained in comparative molecular evolutionary studies and with experience working with many different groups of organisms. Specific objectives include advanced training in theoretical and analytical aspects of molecular evolution, in computational resources available for such investigations, in database mining for comparative and mechanistic studies, and for the promotion of interdisciplinary projects in molecular biology, phylogenetics, and population biology. Student selection and outreach will continue to capitalize on the broad range of institutions represented over the past several years (more than 150), with women students comprising over 41% of the population. In addition, MBL will support development of a website for the Molecular Evolution workshop, to make available more generally the resources and findings that emerge from the activity.