past EvolVienna meeting
The recent evolVienna meeting took place on Wednesday 31st January
The recent evolVienna meeting take place on Wednesday 31st January from 13:30-17:00 at the Dept. of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna (Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien).
13:30-14:00: Towards characterization of the genetic self-incompatibility system in Beta vulgaris (Gil Yardeni, BOKU)
14:00-14:30: Time for applied evolution in forestry? Can assisted migration and resistance breeding contribute to climate change adaptation? (Silvio Schüler, BFW)
14:30-15:00: Break 1 with drinks and nibbles
15:00-15:30: Disentangling the genetic basis of polygenic adaptation in Drosophila (Changqi Xiao, Vetmeduni)
15:30-16:00: NFDS can maintain polymorphism at a neutral locus through sign epistasis (Kseniia Khudiakova, ISTA)
16:00-16:30: Break 2 with drinks and nibbles
16:30-17:00: A transposon’s eye view of an adaptive radiation: insights from the Persimmon genus Diospyros (Katie Emelianova, Univ. of Vienna)
We encourage postdocs and PhD students, especially, to volunteer as speakers for future meetings.
We hope to see many of you there!
The organisers:
Amin Ghane (Univ. of Vienna)
Dagný Thorhölludottir (Vetmeduni)
Elizaveta Grigoreva (GMI)
Benjamin Wölfl (ISTA)