Evolutionary Hypothesis Testing Module

Responsible
Philippe Lemey and Guy Baele

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 4 AUGUST

14:00
to
16:00

Introduction to command line (optional)​

TBA

16:00
to
18:00

Welcome to VEME

Luiz Alcantara

18:00
to
20:00

VEME Cocktail Event

Monday 5 AUGUST

7:00
to
8:00

Registration.

8:00
to
8:30

Welcome and practical instructions

Luiz Alcantara

8:30
to
10:00

Statistical inference in phylogenetics and phylodynamics

P. Lemey

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 6 AUGUST

8:00
to
9:00

Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory

M. Suchard

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 - P. Lemey

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: theory

M. Suchard

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

Free computer time

V. Hill - P. Lemey - M. Suchard

Wednesday 7 AUGUST

8:00
to
10:00

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: Practice

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - V. Hill

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Bayesian model testing: theory

G. Cybis

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
14:30

Bayesian model testing: practice

G. Cybis - M. Suchard - P. Lemey

14:30
to
16:00

Free computer time

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - G. Cybis - V. Hill

16:00
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session

17:30
to
18:45

Keynote 1:

Edward Holmes

18:45
to
20:00

Keynote 2:

Marion Koopmans

Thursday 8 August

8:00
to
10:00

Phylogeography: theory

P. Lemey

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Phylogeography: practice

P. Lemey

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Free computer time

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - G. Cybis - V. Hill

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break

16:00
to
17:30

Free computer time

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - G. Cybis - V. Hill

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner