We are pleased to announce a new intensive short course on the use of RevBayes—the new MrBayes—focused on Bayesian phylogenetic tree inference and diversification rate estimation. The course will be free of charge, three full days in length and, and will take place at Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina from the 16th to the 18th of April, 2018. This course is primarily funded by the BAYLAT (Germany), with support from the MACN-CONICET. The course will be primarily taught in English. Applications may be written in English or Spanish and should be submitted online using this form by March 15th, 2018. Preference will go towards students with background in phylogenetics and a compelling motivation for taking the course.
Nos complace anunciar un nuevo curso intensivo, con modalidad de taller, destinado a estudiantes de grado y posgrado, acerca del uso de RevBayes—el nuevo MrBayes—enfocado en la inferencia de árboles filogenéticos y en la estimación de tasas de diversificación. El curso será gratuito, tendrá una duración de tres días, y se dictará en el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), entre los días 16 y 18 de Abril de 2018. Este curso estará financiado por BAYLAT (Alemania), y contará con el apoyo del MACN-CONICET. El curso será dictado principalmente en inglés. Las solicitudes pueden estar escritas en inglés o en español y deben ser completadas online aquí antes del 15 de Marzo de 2018. Se dará preferencia a estudiantes con conocimientos de filogenética y que estén desarrollando investigaciones relacionadas a los temas del curso. Se espera que todos los estudiantes tengan un nivel básico de inglés científico.
| Date | Time | Topic | Material | Instructors |
| Monday | 09:00-09:30 | Welcome to the Workshop | Luis Palazzesi | |
| Monday | 09:30-10:15 | RevBayes Introduction | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Monday | 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| Monday | 10:30-12:00 | Substitution Models in Phylogenetics | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Monday | 12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Monday | 13:00-15:00 | Practical on inferring phylogenies (Part I) | Nucleotide substitution models | Sebastian Höhna, Luis Palazzesi |
| Monday | 15:00-15:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Monday | 15:15-17:30 | Practical on inferring phylogenies (Part II) | Nucleotide substitution models | Sebastian Höhna, Luis Palazzesi |
| Tuesday | 09:00-09:30 | Recap MCMC and Substitution Models | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Tuesday | 09:30-10:15 | Divergence time estimation | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Tuesday | 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| Tuesday | 10:30-12:00 | Tip-dating and the fossilized-birth-death model | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Tuesday | 12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Tuesday | 13:00-15:00 | Divergence time estimation | Relaxed Clocks & Time Trees | Femke Thon, Sebastian Höhna |
| Tuesday | 15:00-15:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Tuesday | 15:15-17:30 | Practical on tip-dating and the fossilized-birth-death model | Combined-Evidence Analysis and the Fossilized Birth-Death Process for Stratigraphic Range Data | Femke Thon, Sebastian Höhna |
| Wednesday | 09:00-09:30 | Recap | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Wednesday | 09:30-10:15 | Diversification rate estimation (Part I) | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Wednesday | 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| Wednesday | 10:30-12:00 | Diversification rate estimation (Part II) | Sebastian Höhna | |
| Wednesday | 12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Wednesday | 13:00-15:00 | Practical on diversification rate estimation (Part I) | Simple Diversification Rate Estimation | Luis Palazzesi, Femke Thon, Sebastian Höhna |
| Wednesday | 15:00-15:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Wednesday | 15:15-17:30 | Practical on diversification rate estimation (Part II) | Branch-Specific Diversification Rate Estimation | Luis Palazzesi, Femke Thon, Sebastian Höhna |
