Teachers
Nicolas Lartillot, University of Montreal
Nicolas Salamin, University of Lausanne
Daniele Silvestro, University of Lausanne
Program Outline
The objective of this course is to introduce the key concepts in
Bayesian inference in phylogenetics. Bayesian techniques have changed
the way phylogenetic reconstruction can be done and provide a framework
to extend current implementation of evolutionary models. We will
illustrate this by mixing lectures on basic theory of Bayesian inference
with tutorials on two recent software programs widely used in
phylogenetics. The course will give an opportunity to better understand
how Bayesian inference works and provide a short but concise
introduction to its application to study molecular evolution as well as
macro-evolutionary hypothesis testing.
Schedule
Day 1 - June 7th 2012
9 am - 1 pm: Introduction to Bayesian phylogenetics (N. Lartillot)
2 pm - 5 pm: tutorial on phylobayes (N. Lartillot)
Day 2 - June 8th 2012
9 am - 11 am: Bayesian modeling in evolution (N. Lartillot)
11 am - 1 pm: tutorial on BEAST/phylobayes (N. Salamin/D. Silvestro)
2 pm - 5 pm: Bayesian modeling of speciation (D. Silvestro)
Documents
Lectures
- Introduction June 7th (Nicolas Lartillot)
- Evolutionary Modeling June 8th (Nicolas Lartillot)
- Modeling of speciation June 8th (Daniele Silvestro)
Practicals
- phylobayes 1 (June 7th)
- phylobayes 2 (June 8th)
