Workshop on Estimating Species Trees: Practical and Theoretical Aspects of a New Paradigm in Molecular Systematics, Winter, '08-'09

“估计物种树：分子系统学新范式的实践和理论方面”研讨会将在密歇根大学举行为期两天的会议。研讨会将结合讲座和实际操作的计算机培训，重点是利用遗传数据估计物种生理发生树的新方法和新程序。最近计算和建模的进步已经产生了直接估计物种树的方法，这可能取代传统的系统发育方法。研讨会的目标是提高这些新方法在分子系统学界的科学家和学生的知名度和使用。它将包括关于新方法的理论基础的讲座，这些方法的实用性演示，以及新软件实现的培训。

A workshop on "Estimating Species Trees: Practical and Theoretical Aspects of a New Paradigm in Molecular Systematics" will be held at the University of Michigan over a two-day period. The workshop will combine lectures and hands-on computer training, focusing on new approaches and programs for using genetic data in estimates of phyogenetic trees of species. Recent computational and modeling advances have produced methods for estimating species trees directly, which may supercede traditional phylogenetic approaches. The goal of the workshop is to increase the visibility and use of these new methods for the molecular systematics community of scientists and students. It will include lectures on the theoretical underpinnings of new methods, demonstrations of the utility of those methods, and training in new software implementations.