CBA Workshops

CBA Workshop: Bayesian phylogenetics and macroevolution in RevBayes, presented by Tracy Heath, Iowa State University

Our technical workshops typically focus on advanced analytical and technical methods, with the primary developers of the methods presenting, across three main areas:

  • population- and phylo-genomics,
  • macro evolution and ecology, and
  • biodiversity informatics.

The Ecogenomics and Bioinformatics Lab (EBL) offers an annual wet lab “Introduction to molecular lab fundamentals” to coincide with new honours and PhD cohorts and also welcomes requests for bespoke experimental and/or training requirements throughout the year.

The CBA also facilitates and supports other activities such as working groups, round table discussions and symposiums that support research development and collaboration across our partner institutions and knowledge exchange amongst scientists, managers and policy makers.

We strongly encourage direct input from post docs and PhD students regarding the types of dry and wet lab training they need for their specific research requirements and interests.

We also support national and international visiting scientists who present a workshop during their time in Canberra.

 

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Upcoming events

11
Mar
2024

R-evolutionary Insights: Deep dive into SNP-based population genomics  »

11–15 March 2024
Luciano Beheregaray, Flinders, Chris Brauer, Flinders, Jason Carling, DArT, Renee Catullo, UWA , Floriaan Devloo-Delva, CSIRO, Kate Farquharson, USydney, Arthur Georges, UCanberra, Bernd Gruber, UCanberra, Catherine Grueber, USydney, Carolyn Hogg, USydney, Andrew Kowalczyk, DArT, Jiajia Li, ANU, Luis Mijangos, DArT, Craig Moritz, ANU , Sally Potter, Macquarie, Kym Ottewell, Parks and Wildlife WA, Carlo Pacioni, Arthur Rylah Institute, Diana Robledo, Monash, Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo, Flinders, Robyn Shaw, UCanberra, Bill Sherwin, UNSW, Jinliang Wang, Zoological Society of London
A 5-day training workshop run by developers of popular R packages and experienced practitioners to help students and ECRs get the most out their population genomics research using R.

Past events

26
Jun
2019

National Environmental Science Program - CBA discussion »
The National Environmental Science Program (NESP) is due for completion in early 2021.
12
Jun
2019

Model-based species delimitation workshop »
With recently developed coalescent-based analytical methods, coupled with technological advances for collecting genomic datasets across many individuals per
11
Apr
2019

Population genomics for non-model species »
Genome sequencing of model species has yielded important insights into population history, adaptation and speciation. Applying population genomics methods
26
Mar
2019

Bayesian phylogenetics and macroevolution in RevBayes »
RevBayes provides an interactive environment for statistical computation in phylogenetics. It is primarily intended for modelling, simulation, and Bayesian
17
Feb
2019

Taming the BEAST Down Under »
The CBA is pleased to be supporting Taming the BEAST Down Under in Sydney
07
Dec
2018

Phylogenomics workshop using IQ-TREE »
The recent advent of next-generation sequencing techniques has led to the rapid accumulation of large amounts of phylogenomic / transcriptomic data. This is
04
Dec
2018

SNPs in population- and phylo-genomics »
Have you got large SNP datasets and now are wondering how best to filter the data, to infer population diversity or structure, adaptation, or to delimit species
21
May
2018

TreeScaper: Visualizing and Extracting Phylogenetic Signal from Sets of Trees »
Modern phylogenomic analyses often result in large collections of phylogenetic trees representing uncertainty in individual gene trees, variation across genes,
31
Oct
2017

Citizen science and biodiversity in the age of artificial intelligence »
This workshop will examine the risks and opportunities presented by AI in the fields of citizen science and biodiversity.
04
Apr
2017

Museum genomics in practice »
The purpose of this workshop is to share practitioners' knowledge in how we get next-gen sequencing data (wet lab) and process it (bioinformatics) from “non-model” species and samples of diverse types and quality, including museum and herbarium specimens.
21
Nov
2016

Biodiversity in R: models and methods for spatial analysis »
Spatial patterns of biological diversity are central to many aspects of ecology, evolution and conservation.
03
Dec
2015

Phylogenomic analyses using the multispecies coalescent model »
This full-day workshop is part of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society's annual conference and is sponsored by the Centre for Biodiversity Analysis.
18
Nov
2015

Hierarchical occupancy-detection modelling »
This 2-day workshop will cover the philosophy of the occupancy-detection modelling framework.
16
Sep
2015

Demographic inference for comparative phylogeography using Next-Gen sequence data »
Model-based statistical inference of demographic histories for comparative phylogeographic purposes using Next-Generation sequencing data
02
Jun
2015

Genomic and phenomic tools to identify the genetic basis underlying natural variation and adaptation »
The study of adaptation and the evolution of natural systems benefits from recent progresses made in the field of genomics and phenomics. We will demonstrate

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