<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br><br>Maybe of interest, it seems to be a nice conference.<br><br>Best,<br>Andreia<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca">evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2019 at 07:26<br>Subject: Conference: UFribourg.EcoEvoBiology20.Feb6-7<br>To: <<a href="mailto:andreia.teixeira90@gmail.com">andreia.teixeira90@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><br>
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Registration now open for Biology20 in Fribourg, Switzerland:<br>
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We are delighted to announce that online registration and abstract<br>
submission is now open for the Swiss Biology20 conference, to take place<br>
on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 February 2020 at the University of Fribourg<br>
in Switzerland (<a href="http://biology20.ch" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">biology20.ch</a>).<br>
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Direct link to the registration page: <a href="http://registration.biology20.ch" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">registration.biology20.ch</a><br>
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The deadline for abstract submission is 22 November 2019.<br>
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The deadline for registration is 6 January 2020.<br>
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Biology is the major annual Swiss conference on organismal biology,<br>
covering all aspects of ecology, evolution, systematics, behavior, and<br>
conservation. The meeting represents the annual meeting of the Swiss<br>
Zoological (SZS), Botanical (SBS) and Systematics (SSS) societies who<br>
co-sponsor the event via the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), together<br>
with support from the Swiss Bioinformatics Institute (SIB). It aims to<br>
provide a platform for lively exchange between students, early-career<br>
scientists and established researchers across diverse institutions and<br>
disciplines within organismal biology.<br>
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To celebrate Darwin’s groundbreaking insights, this 2-day conference<br>
traditionally takes place around Darwin’s birthday and brings together<br>
approx. 300 participants from the Swiss community and beyond. It features<br>
4 plenary talks by internationally renowned invited speakers; dozens of<br>
contributed talks by early-career scientists; a lively poster session;<br>
and, importantly, on Thursday evening the traditional ‘Darwin’s<br>
birthday party’, a conference banquet with an after-dinner talk given<br>
by a renowned invited speaker and followed by a party. The day before<br>
the meeting (5 February) is reserved for a satellite meeting of the Swiss<br>
Bioinformatics Institute (SIB) on 'Analyzing Microbiomes' (organized by<br>
Laurent Falquet, Fribourg); if you are interested in attending the SIB<br>
satellite meeting you can register using the above-mentioned link.<br>
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We are proud to announce our keynote speakers:<br>
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- Claudia Bank (Instituto Gulbenkian, Portugal (evolutionary dynamics)<br>
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- Iain Couzin (Max Planck Institute/Univ. of Konstanz, Germany)<br>
(collective behavior)<br>
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- Alexandra-Maria Klein (University of Freiburg, Germany) (ecosystems,<br>
landscape ecology)<br>
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- Andrea Waeschenbach (Natural History Museum, London) (molecular<br>
phylogenetics)<br>
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- Darwin dinner speaker: John Pannell (University of Lausanne, CH).<br>
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We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Fribourg in<br>
February 2020!<br>
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All best wishes, and on behalf of the organizing committee,<br>
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Thomas Flatt and Rudolf Rohr<br>
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Organizing Committee:<br>
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Sven Bacher<br>
Louis-Félix Bersier<br>
Thomas Flatt<br>
Heinz Müller-Schärer<br>
Rudolf Rohr<br>
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Prof. Thomas Flatt<br>
Department of Biology<br>
University of Fribourg<br>
Chemin du Musée 10<br>
CH-1700 Fribourg<br>
Switzerland<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:thomas.flatt@unifr.ch" target="_blank">thomas.flatt@unifr.ch</a><br>
phone: +41 26 300 8833<br>
phone: +41 26 300 8850 (secretary)<br>
Web: <a href="https://www3.unifr.ch/bio/en/groups/flatt/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www3.unifr.ch/bio/en/groups/flatt/</a><br>
European Drosophila Population Genomics Consortium: <a href="http://droseu.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://droseu.net/</a><br>
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FLATT Thomas <<a href="mailto:thomas.flatt@unifr.ch" target="_blank">thomas.flatt@unifr.ch</a>><br>
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