Evolutionary Hypothesis Testing Module

Responsible
Verity Hill and JT McCrone

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY X AUGUST

17:00
to
18:00

Welcome to VEME

TBA

18:00
to
20:00

Coffee break

Monday X AUGUST

7:00
to
8:00

Registration.

8:00
to
8:30

Welcome and practical instructions

TBA

8:30
to
10:00

Statistical inference in phylogenetics and phylodynamics

JT McCrone

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: theory

H. Schmidt

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

14:30
to
15:30

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: practice

H. Schmidt, N. Trovao

15:30
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session

Tuesday X AUGUST

8:00
to
9:00

Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory

M. Gill

9:00
to
10:00

Introduction to BEAST(/BEAGLE) and time-measured trees: theory

V. Hill

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

BEAST: practice (estimating rates)

V. Hill

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: theory

JT McCrone

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

Free computer time

V. Hill, JT McCrone, M. Gill

Wednesday X AUGUST

8:00
to
10:00

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: Practice

JT McCrone

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Bayesian model testing: theory

M. Gill

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
14:30

Bayesian model testing: practice

M. Gill

14:30
to
16:00

Free computer time

V. Hill, JT McCrone, M. Gill​

16:00
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session

17:00
to
17:30

Keynote 1:

TBA

17:30
to
18:00

Keynote 2:

TBA

Thursday X August

8:00
to
10:00

Phylogeography: theory

V. Hill

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Phylogeography: practice

V. Hill

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Free computer time

V. Hill, JT McCrone, M. Gill​

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break

16:00
to
17:30

Free computer time

V. Hill, JT McCrone, M. Gill​

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner