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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 inference in evolutionary biology, particularly phylogenetics. However, the environment is quite general and can be useful for many complex modelling tasks.
Workshop presenter Tracy Heath, is part of the RevBayes core development team.
The program can also be shaped by participant interests - a list of RevBayes tutorials can be found here. If you are interested in the workshop, please submit an expression of interest (EOI) by 22 Feb, 2019.
Workshop materials and updates are available here. This page also has a list of recommended papers for reading and links to four phyloseminar lectures by Paul Lewis.
Participants will need to bring their laptops with RevBayes v1.0.10, Tracer, FigTree and a simple text editor (such as Sublime Text, NotePad++, TextWrangler, BBEdit, vim, or emacs) installed.
Schedule
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Day |
Time |
Topic |
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Tuesday |
09:30 |
Lecture: Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling for Phylogenetic Inference using RevBayes |
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10:30 |
Morning Tea |
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11:00 |
Lecture: Introduction to Bayesian Inference and MCMC |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Resources for using RevBayes |
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14:00 |
Tutorial: Phylogenetic Inference using RevBayes |
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15:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
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16:00 |
Tutorial: Phylogenetic Inference using RevBayes, continued |
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Wednesday |
09:30 |
Lecture: Bayesian Divergence-Time Estimation |
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10:30 |
Morning Tea |
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11:30 |
Lab: Estimating Trees and Divergence Times |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Lecture: Historical Biogeography |
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14:30 |
Tutorial: Historical Biogeography |
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15:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
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16:00 |
Tutorial: Biogeography with Epoch Models |
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Thursday |
09:30 |
Lecture: Modeling Branch-Heterogeneous Processes |
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10:30 |
Morning Tea |
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11:00 |
Tutorial: Inference Under a Branch-specific Substitution Model |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Discussion and Open Lab |
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15:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
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16:00 |
Discussion and Open Lab, continued |
Registration will close 18 March 2019.
Places are limited. The cost will be $45* to cover catering for morning and afternoon teas. Lunch will not provided however there are several small kitchens with fridges/microwaves near the workshop room, or the Little Pickle cafe in the Robertson Building and new Kambri precinct nearby.