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Second Call

Many people have been asking for an application period extension, we 
decide to postpone the application deadline to 15 July
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3rd Conservation Genetics Data Analysis Course Recent Approaches for 
Estimation of Population Size, Structure, Gene flow, Landscape Genetics, 
Selection Detection & Bioinformatics
9 - 15 September, 2008, Porto, Portugal
Objective: To provide training in conceptual and practical aspects of 
data analysis for the conservation genetics of natural and managed 
populations. Emphasis will be on interpretation of output from recent 
novel statistical approaches and software programs. The course also will 
allow daily discussions among young researchers and top-researchers to 
help develop the next generation of conservation geneticists, and to 
identify developments needed to improve data analysis approaches. This 
course will cover analysis methods including the coalescent, Bayesian, 
approximate Bayesian, and likelihood-based approaches.

Who should apply: Ph.D. students, post-docs, and population biologists 
with a background of at least one semester university-level course in 
population genetics and a course in population ecology. Applicants must 
have a basic background in population genetic data analysis, including 
testing for Hardy-Weinberg proportions and gametic disequilibrium. 
Participation will be limited to 20 people allowing efficient 
instruction with hands-on computer exercises during the course. Priority 
will be given to persons with their own data to analyze (for example 
graduate students at the end of their degree program).Deadline for 
application is 15 July, 2008

Course/Workshop Format: For each subject, we provide 30-45 minutes of 
background, theory, discussion and introduction to concepts. Immediately 
following, we will conduct data analyzes together for 30-60 minutes 
using relevant software programs and real data sets. Evening hands-on 
computer sessions and housing together of instructors and students in 
the same location will allow for extensive exchange and facilitate learning.

Instructors:
Fred Allendorf, University of Montana, USA
Mark Beaumont, University of Reading, England
Oscar Gaggiotti, University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France
Gordon Luikart, CIBIO, Portugal & University of Montana
Christian Schlötterer, Veterinary University of Vienna, Austria
Albano Beja-Pereira, CIBIO, Portugal
Mike Schwartz, US Forest Service, Missoula, USA
David Tallmon, University of Alaska, Juneau, USA
Robin Waples, Northwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, USA
Miguel Angel Toro, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología 
Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Spain
Gilles GUILLOT, Department of Applied Mathematics INRA, France.

Location: *The course will be held in the facilities at CIBIO (Center 
for Investigation of Biodiversity and Genetic Resources; 
http://cibio.up.pt/ ) on the Campus for Agricultural Sciences in the 
rural village of Vairão, just north of Porto, and a few kilometres from 
the Atlantic coast and the airport. Vairão is an ancient village whose 
origins can be traced back to the Roman Period (the Roman village 
Valeriani).Application and cost: *For detailed information see 
http://popgen.eu/congen2008/.

Accommodations and meals are included in the registration fee. Cost: 
1,000 euros per person will cover all meals, lodging, transportation to 
and from the airport.





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