This workshop will help dissolve the division between theoretical and empirical biology. We hope to establish solutions on the issues that prevent fruitful collaboration between these sides. The workshop will aim to collect enough discussion and ideas that we can summarize them in a colloquium/synthesis article.
Populations and species do not evolve in isolation but in highly dynamic environments with multiple interactions. Consequently, populations face multiple selection forces simultaneously, challenging our ability to gain a mechanistic understanding and predict future changes. This possesses a challenge for both empiricists and theoreticians, but work has so far mainly done in separation. The workshop aims to develop further concepts for studying evolving communities, with the main focus on increasing the dialogue and discussion between theory and experiments. Therefore, we will bring together experts from several different fields and provide space/time to discuss how to establish a better communication line and discuss the issues that prevents more fruitful collaboration between theory and experiments.
Confirmed speakers:
Thomas Bell (Imperial College)
Arjan deVisser (Wageningen University)
Ursula Gaedke (University Potsdam)
Joachim Krug (University of Cologne)
Anna-Liisa Laine (University of Helsinki)
Joachim Hermisson (University Vienna)
Arne Traulsen (Max Planck for Evolutionary Biology)
Registered Participants:
1 Maria Abou Chakra
2 Lutz Becks
3 Thomas Bell
4 Arjan de Visser
5 Urusla Gaedke
6 Arne Traulsen
7 Joachim Krug
8 Anna-Liisa Laine
9 Joachim Hermisson
10 Noemi Woltermann
11 Loukas Theodosiou
12 Ellie Harrison
13 Thijs Janzen
14 Meike Wittmann
15 Stuart Auld
16 Hanna Schenk
17 Jorge Pena
18 Hinrich Schulenburg
19 Heike Gruber
20 Teppo Hiltunen
21 Bogna Pawlowska
22 Primrose Boynton
23 Marvin Boettcher
24 Sijmen Schoustra
25 Chaitanya Gokhale
26 Giannina Hattich
27 Luisa Listmann
28 Joana Bernardes
29 Weini Huang
30 Romana Limberger
31 Karen Bisschop
32 Jasmijn Hillaert
33 Claus Rueffler
34 Jenna Gallie
35 Frederic Bertels
36 Silke Bumann
37 Michael Sieber
38 Duncan Greig
39 Wolfram Moebius
40 Susan Bailey
41 Ana del Arco
42 Thomas Scheuerl
43 Toni Klauschies
44 Yuriy Pichugin
45 Philippe Remigi
46 Katrin Hammerschmidt
47 Rachael Evans
48 Elias
Ehrlich
49 Goekce
Ayan
Deadline for registration and abstract submission is January 31 2016.
Costs: 180 Euros (including all meals, events)
Please note that not all participants will be able to present their work, as we reserve most of the time for an active discussion.
Selecting Participants: One of the main aims of the workshop is to find ways to improve communication between theoreticians and experimentalists and we will try to balance the participants in that respect. Other than that, it will be first-come-first-served when we have the feeling that research interest/talk fits to the topic of evolving communities.
Travelling awards: There is limited funding available to support travelling. Please contact brite@evolbio.mpg.de for more information.