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Research Symposium – The Origins and Evolution of Bacterial Genomes
					
 Dec 7, 2014 to Dec 8, 2014 
 12:00AM to 12:00AM

									

				

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	Date/Time

	Date(s) - 07/12/2014 - 08/12/2014
12:00 am







In association with the Canadian Mathematical Society and the Origins Institute of McMaster University


This symposium focuses on the evolution and comparative analysis of bacterial and archaeal genomes. How fast does gene gain and loss occur? How frequent is horizontal gene transfer? How tree-like is evolution at the genome level? What kinds of mathematical methods are necessary for analysis of genome data?


Sunday December 7th, 2014


At CMS Conference Venue – Sheraton Hotel, Hamilton


Genomes Plenary Lecture in Ballroom Centre/East


8.00 – 9.00 – Robert Beiko – Dalhousie University – When Phylogenetic Trees Can’t Agree: Building a coherent network of microbial gene sharing


Genomes Symposium in Wellington Room


9.00 – 10.00 – Yuri Wolf – National Center for Biotechnology Information – Turbulent genomes: quantification of gene acquisition, loss and displacement in prokaryotes.


10.00 – 10.30 Break


CMS Conference Plenary Lectures in Ballroom Centre/East


10.30 – 11.30 – Miroslav Lovric – McMaster University – What Everyone is Talking About: Math for the 21st Century


11.30 – 12.30 – Askold Khovanskii – Toronto – Algebraic geometry, Newton polyhedra and Newton–Okounkov bodies


12.30 – 2.00 – Lunch break


Genomes Symposium in Wellington Room


2.00 – 3.00 – Tal Dagan – University of Kiel – Phylogenomic networks reveal trends and barriers to lateral gene transfer during microbial evolution


3.00 – 3.30 – Break


3.30 – 4.00 – Daniel Brown – University of Waterloo – Fast algorithms for phylogenetic reconstruction of aligned sequences


4.00 – 4.30 – Weilong Hao – Wayne State University – Estimating evolutionary rates of discrete characters, and its application to genome evolution


4.30 – 5.00 – Radhey Gupta – McMaster University – Applications of Group specific Conserved Signature Proteins for the Identification of Microorganisms in Metagenomic Sequences


5.00 – 5.30 – Paul Higgs – McMaster University – Phylogenetic models of bacterial genome evolution incorporating gene insertion and deletion and horizontal gene transfer


Monday December 8, 2014


At McMaster University – Origins Centre ABB245


8.30 – Meet and Mingle


9.00 – 11.00 Discussion – Building and Analyzing Prokaryotic Genome Databases


    

  • Paul Higgs – McMaster – Controversial questions about genomes
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  • Eric Collins – University of Alaska – Gene clusters and what we can do with them
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  • Yuri Wolf / Kira Makarova – COGs and arCOGs
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  • Radhey Gupta – McMaster University – Database of signature genes
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  • Andrew MacArthur – McMaster University – Database of antibiotic resistance genes
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11.00 – 11.30 Break


11.30 – 11.50 Steven Norris – University of Texas, Houston – Protein-based supertree phylogeny of spirochetes


11.50 – 12.10 Yogeshwar Kelkar – University of Rochester – Evolution of G+C contents of bacterial genomes


12.10 – 12.30 Utkarsh Dang – McMaster University – Modelling gene indel rates while accounting for missing data