Schedule
Schedule
Schedule – 55th Phylogenetic Symposium
Friday November 22, 2013
Saturday November 23, 2013
(Audimax lecture theatre A14–002; Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
| From 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:15: | Meinhard Simon (Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) - Welcome address from the University of Oldenburg |
| 09:15 – 09:30: | Olaf Bininda-Emonds (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) - Introduction to the Symposium |
| 09:30 – 10:30: | Prof. Dr. Susanne Renner (Ludwig-Maximillan-Universität München) – “New advances in molecular clocks”. |
| 10:30 – 11:00: | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:00: | Prof. Mike Benton (University of Bristol) – “Fossil dating and calibrations”. |
| 12:00 – 13:30: | Open lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:30: | Dr. Mario dos Reis (University College London) – “Bayesian estimation of species divergence times”. |
| 14:30 – 15:30: | Dr. Tanja Stadler (ETH Zurich) – “A unified framework for inferring speciation and extinction rates from phylogenies with fossils”. |
| 15:30 – 16:00: | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:00: | Dr. Isabel San Martin (Real Jardin Botanico Madrid) – “Extinction in biogeography and the assembly of the African floras”. |
| 17:00 – 18:00: | Dr. Chuck Bell (University of New Orleans) – “Coevolution of codiversification? What can time trees tell us?”. |
| From 18:00: | Poster session of stipend recipients |
| From ca. 19:00: | Symposium dinner at the Oldenburg restaurant “ali Baba” (NOTE: not free!) |
Sunday November 24, 2013
(Audimax lecture theatre A14–002; Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
| 09:00 – 10:00: | Dr. Nuno Faria (University of Oxford) – “Viral geo-timetrees”. |
| 10:00 – 11:00: | Prof. Dr. Peter Linder (University of Zurich) – “The radiation of the Fagales: combining molecular and fossil data”. |
| 11:00 – 11:30: | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:30: | Closing discussion and farewell. |