ADVANCED COURSE IN LANDSCAPE GENETICS

23 Oct 2015 - November 4-5, 2015 | CIBIO-InBIO, Vairão, Portugal

Landscape genetics is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field that integrates approaches from population genetics and landscape ecology aiming to understand the degree to which landscapes facilitate the movement/adaptation of organisms by relating molecular data (population structure, adaptations, etc) to landscape structure. This short duration workshop will provide an introduction to this theme by presenting an overview of the most robust approaches, their caveats and limitations. This workshop is aimed to post-graduate students (MSc and PhD), as well as more advanced researchers.

COURSE INSTRUCTORS

Hugo Rebelo, CIBIO-InBIO
Orly Razgour, University of Bristol

PROGRAMME

The sessions will take place in Room A, in Vairão Campus.

November 4, 2015 | Building Species Distribution Models

Instructor: Hugo Rebelo

10h00 – 12h30
Introduction to Species Distribution Models
Understanding Species Distribution Models (SDM) concepts and limitations
Presentation of SDM techniques

14h00 – 16h00
How to calculate a SDM?
Online databases and eco-geographical variables
Preparing data for SDMs
Building SDMs

16h30 – 18h00
Practical exercises

November 5, 2015 | From genes to landscape

Instructor: Orly Razgour

10h00 – 12h30

Introduction to Landscape genetics

Background & history
Main concepts
Isolation mechanisms
Genetic markers
Study design

14h00 – 16h00
Analysis methods
Resistance / cost surfaces
Mantel tests & causal modelling
Alternative statistical approaches
Use of Species Distribution Models in Landscape Genetics

16h30 – 18h00

Introduction to Landscape Genomics
Genomic revolution
Population Genomic tools to identify signature of selection
Landscape Genomics approach
Case studies
Discussion of landscape genetics/genomics: key contributions and challenges

INTENDED AUDIENCE
This course will be open to a maximum number of 20 participants.
Priority will be given to:

1st year PhD students attending the BIODIV Doctoral Programme;
Other BIODIV PhD students;
PhD students attending other courses;
Other post-graduate students and researchers.

REGISTRATION
Registration deadline: October 29, 2015.
Participation is free of charge for BIODIV students | Registration fee for other participants: € 30,00 for InBIO staff; € 50,00 for other participants.
To register, please send an e-mail accompanied by your CV to Maria Sant’Ana at post.graduation@cibio.up.pt. Please refer your status (PhD student, MSc Student, Other) and the University to which you are affiliated.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements: Participants are advised to bring their own laptop with the following installed software: Excel, Maxent (https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~schapire/maxent/) and a GIS (optional).

For more information about the course, please contact: post.graduation@cibio.up.pt.