Bioinformatics: Molecular Phylogenetics
The course will provide training for bench-based biologists to use molecular data to construct and interpret phylogenies, and test their hypotheses. Delegates will gain hands-on practice of using a variety of programs freely available online and commonly used in molecular studies, interspersed with some lectures.
Course timetable is available here.
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This course is aimed at bench-based biologists with limited or no knowledge of the field of molecular evolution and with some experience of examining DNA/protein sequence data.
- Basic computing skills
- Graduate level in Life Sciences
After this course you should be able to…
- Reconstruct your own trees from data, choosing an appropriate set of tools and models
- Have an overview of the software available for phylogenetic reconstruction
- Know about the advantages and disadvantages of different phylogenetic reconstruction methods and make an informed choice
- Know how to interpret the results with regards to evolutionary information, robustness and potential inaccuracies
During this course you will learn about…
- The principles of phylogenetics and how to reconstruct phylogenetic trees from molecular data
- The different methods for phylogenetic reconstruction: parsimony, distance-based, maximum likelihood, Bayesian
- How to interpret reconstructed trees and assess their robustness
- How to test hypotheses with respect to trees and decide which model to use for tree inference
Presentations, demonstrations and practicals
3
A number of times per year
Events available