Introduction

In an era characterized by extinction and habitat loss, it is crucial to explore biological diversity on our planet and understand the evolutionary processes that generate it. Genome sequencing has generated numerous insights into how species form and how they adapt to their environments, which is vital to understand in a changing world. As sequencing technologies improve and become less expensive it becomes feasible to produce high-quality genome assemblies and analyze genetic diversity in a huge number of species, which has led to a number of ambitious projects including the proposed Earth BioGenome Project to sequence all known Eukaryotes. Swedish scientists and SciLifeLab are at the forefront of this field, with genome projects including the pine tree, herring, Arctic fox and 200 mammals, advancing knowledge of topics including population genetics, adaptation, speciation, convergent evolution, and functional constraint.

Deadlines

• Apr 18 2020
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Apr 18 2020
  Standard registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Downloads

• Conference Flyer

Speakers

• Federica Di Palma Earlham Institute, United Kingdom

  https://www.earlham.ac.uk/federica-di-palma
• Nathaniel Street Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Sweden

  https://www.umu.se/personal/nathaniel-street/
• Richard Durbin Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/richard-durbin
• Karin Norén Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden

  https://www.su.se/english/profiles/kano0121-1.184331
• Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, SciLifeLab Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala, Sweden

  https://www.scilifelab.se/researchers/kerstin-lindblad-toh/
• Stephen Wright Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University o, Canada

  http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/people/d-faculty/wright.htm
• Tanja Slotte SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Sweden

  https://tanjaslottelab.se
• Ludovic Orlando CNRS, Toulouse, France; Globe Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark

  https://geogenetics.ku.dk/research_groups/palaeomix_group/fnu-archeoshell/people/orlando/

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Venue

Stockholm University

Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 6, Stockholm, 11418, Sweden

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• Venue information More information about the venue

Committee

• Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University, Sweden
• Leif Andersson Uppsala University, Sweden
• Matt Webster Uppsala University, Sweden
• Love Dalén Centre for Paleogenetics, Stockholm University, Sweden

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SciLifeLab, Science for Life Laboratory, is an institution for the advancement of molecular biosciences in Sweden. We are funded as a national research infrastructure by the Swedish government. Our organization leverages the unique strengths of individual researchers across Sweden into a focused resource for the life science community.

SciLifeLab

Contact information

Erika Erkstam
SciLifeLab
+46 (0)18 471 42 67
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