Provisional program
Thursday June 6
9:30 | Welcome (A. Reymond) |
First session, chair: A. Reymond | |
9:45 | E.Eichler Human genome structural variation, disease and evolution |
10:45 | P.Wittkopp Genomic sources of regulatory variation: From mutation to polymorphism to divergence |
11:30 | Break |
12:00 | R.Wayne Genomic studies of wild and domestic canids |
12:45 | Lunch |
Second session, chair: L. Keller | |
14:15 | L.Andersson How domestic animal genomics can teach human medicine and evolutionary biology |
15:00 | G.Wagner Transposable element saturation and the tunable genome |
15:45 | Break |
16:15 | C.Peichel The genomic architecture of speciation in sticklebacks |
17:00 | End |
19:30 | Symposium dinner |
Friday June 7
09:30 | S.Pääbo |
10:30 | L. Duret The dynamics of recombination hotspots in the human genome: Insights from ancient DNA |
11:15 | break |
11:45 | E.Willerslev Hunting the molecular past |
12:30 | lunch |
14:45 | G.Bejerano Forward genomics and the prospects of cure models for human disease |
15:00 | K.Pollard Many human accelerated regions are human-specific developmental enhancers |
15:45 | break |
16:15 | P.Flicek Understanding regulatory evolution in closely related mammals |
17:15 | conclusions |
18:15 | Grace lecture, S.Pääbo |