Online Course – 8th Edition
Phylogenetic Analysis Using R
July 19th-23rd, 2021
This course will be delivered live online
25 hours of online live lessons plus 5 hours of exercises to do between the live sessions
Course overview
This course is for biologists dealing with the analysis of multiple molecular sequences at several levels: Populations, species, clades, communities. These biologists address questions relative to the evolutionary relationships among these sequences, as well as the evolutionary forces structuring biodiversity at different scales.
The objectives of the course are: (i) to know how to choose a strategy of molecular data analysis at the inter‐ or intraspecific levels, (ii) to be able to initiate a phylogenetic analysis starting from the files of molecular sequences until the interpretation of the results and the graphics.
The software used for this course will be centered on the R language for statistics. This will include the use of specialized packages particularly ape, phangorn, and adegenet.
REQUIREMENTS
Graduate or postgraduate degree in any Biosciences discipline. Knowledge of multivariate statistics, phylogenetics and molecular evolution. User level of R.
All participants must have a personal computer (Windows, Macintosh), with webcam if possible, and a good internet connection.
Contact
Dates
July 19th-23rd, 2021
Schedule and Course length
Online live sessions from Monday to Friday (GMT+2, Madrid time zone)
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- 08:00-10:30 – Morning live session
- 10:30-11:30 – Break
- 11:30-14:00 – Afternoon live session
30 hours, 25 hours live online and 5 hours of exercises between the live sessions.
This course is equivalent to 1 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.
The recognition of ECTS by other institutions depends on each university or school.
Language
English
Places
Places are limited to 16 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order.
Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.
Dr. Emmanuel Paradis
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
France
Dr. Klaus Schliep
Graz University of Technology
Austria
Program
Program
Phylogenetic data with R.
- Basics on phylogenetic data (sequences, alignments, trees, networks, “splits”) and other data in R. Reading / writing data from files or from internet. Matching data. Manipulating labels. Subsetting data.
- Applications.
Managing sequences.
- Theory of sequence alignment. Comparing alignments. Graphical analyses of alignments.
- Applications.
Phylogenetic reconstruction with distance-based methods.
- Theory and methods of phylogeny reconstruction. Comparison of methods. The variance of distances. Distance-based methods: General principles and the main methods (NJ, BIONJ, FastME, MVR). Methods for incomplete distances matrices (NJ*, BIONJ*, MVR*). Methods for combining several matrices (SDM). Parsimony methods.
- Applications.
Phylogenetic reconstruction with maximum likelihood methods.
- Theory of maximum likelihood and application to phylogeny reconstruction. Substitution models. Tree space and topology estimation. Introduction to the package phangorn.
- Applications.
Tree space and tree comparison.
- Tree comparison, consensus methods, topological space and distances, bootstrap and Bayesian methods.
- Applications.
Literature
- Felsenstein J (2004) Inferring phylogenies, Sunderland: Sinauer Associates.
- Lemey P, Salemi M and Vandamme A-M (2009) The Phylogenetic Handbook: A Practical Approach to Phylogenetic Analysis and Hypothesis Testing (Second Edition), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Paradis E (2012) Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R (Second Edition), New York: Springer.
Fees
- Course Fee
- Early bird (until April 30th, 2021):
- 536 € *
(428.8 € for Ambassador Institutions) - Regular (after April 30th, 2021):
- 596 € *
(476.8 € for Ambassador Institutions) - This includes course material (VAT included).
* Participants from companies/industry will have an extra charge of 100 €.
You can check the list of Ambassador Institutions. If you want your institution to become a Transmitting Science Ambassador please contact us at communication@transmittingscience.com
Funding
Discounts are not cumulative and apply only on the Course Fee. We offer the possibility of paying in two instalments (contact courses@transmittingscience.com).
5 % Discount
Former participants will have a 5 % discount on the Course Fee.
20 % Discount
20 % discount on the Course Fee is offered for members of some organizations (Ambassador Institutions). If you want to apply to this discount please indicate it in the Registration form (proof will be asked later).
40 % Discount
Unemployed scientists living in Spain, as well as PhD students based in Spain without any grant or scholarship to develop their PhD, could benefit from a 40 % discount on the Course Fee. If you want to ask for this discount, please contact the course coordinator. That would apply for a maximum of 2 places and they will be covered by strict inscription order.
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