Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Fabian Staubach is joining our lab in May 2010!

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Fabian Staubach from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology is joining our lab in May 2010! During his Ph.D. research he worked on the evolution of gene expression in natural populations of house mice (Mus musculus) and found a de novo originated gene in the mouse lineage. Currently he is finishing his work on a 600k mouse genotyping array applied to natural populations and a metagenomics 454 sequencing project on the gut flora of mice. For his research he applied and developed a variety of molecular biology, statistical, and bioinformatics tools to shed light on transcriptional evolution, mouse population genetics and the evolution of new genes. Fabian will work on natural selection and adaptation in Drosophila.
For more information please go to: http://www.evolbio.mpg.de/english/people/staff/wissPersonal/wissM19/index.html

Monday, February 1, 2010

Second Bay Area Population Genomics Conference

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On the heels of the success of the first Bay Area Population Genomics Conference at Stanford in the Fall 0f 2009 we are planning the second BAPG Conference at Berkeley on March the 13th. The labs of Doris Bachtrog, Michael Eisen, and Rasmus Nielsen are going to take the lead in organizing. Students and faculty from Stanford, Berkeley, UCSF, and UC Davis will be represented.

If you want to receive updated news about the BAPG conference please join
http://groups.google.com/group/bayareapopulationgenomics

The PI's should also join: http://groups.google.com/group/bay-area-population-genetics/