Universität Wien

300436 VO+SE Molecular Population Genetics: making sense of sequence data (2025S)

6.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

starts March 3rd, 2025, Mondays 9-11:30 a.m., Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 9th floor,1090 Vienna;
http://www.univie.ac.at/evolvienna/?page%20id=10

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

each Monday, 9.00 -11:30,
Faktulty of Mathematics, SR Bioinformatik/9.Stock
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Advanced topics in molecular population genetics. The course will have a short introductory segment, consisting of 2-3 sessions, including lectures and worked examples. The remainder of the course will consist of coverage of 5 advanced topics in molecular population genetics, with each topic spanning 2-3 weeks. Each topic will be covered by a different instructor, who will briefly introduce the topic, and assign papers for discussion at the next meeting. Students will be required to write short essays, reading and to take turns leading the discussion.
2025 topics are here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ApD5gXrwmkN_CnTP2bfBSK7yGbbOv6LXnqBF5P8V-3A/edit?usp=drive_link
Course assessment: Evaluation of essays and course participation.
Reading: Scientific papers, TBA.
Prerequisites: An introductory course in evolutionary genetics. May be any of:
Introduction to Population Genetics, Uni Wien
Modeling in Evolutionary Biology, Biology, Uni Wien
Mathematical population genetics, Mathematics, Uni Wien
Principles of Evolution, IST Austria
Basic course for PhD students (Population Genetics Introductory course), Vetmeduni Vienna
Alternatively, please contact one of the instructors for a list of material that can be worked through PRIOR to the start of the course. Please note that working through this material will likely take at least 6-8 weeks, so ask for this material as soon as possible.

Assessment and permitted materials

Compulsory attendance; the evaluation consists of different performances: quality and completeness of the seminar presentation, active participation in the scientific discussion of the presented publications, written records (the percentage of the subgrades will be announced by the course leader); each of the subgrades must have a positive evaluation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Understanding the process of molecular evolution, through critical reading of key papers.

Examination topics

Completion of the module assignments.

Reading list

Hand outs and literature will be given during the course.

Association in the course directory

MES5

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