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Evolution 2019!

Posted on 19 June 2019 by Van Wishingrad — No Comments ↓

Several members of the Thomson Lab will be in Providence, Rhode Island June 21-25 for this year’s Evolution meeting. If you’re around, please come say hi and check out our talks and posters! Sat, June 22 Population genomics of an…

Posted in conferences, lab, phylogenetics, research, travel

Short Course in Phylogenomics

Posted on 15 April 2019 by bob — No Comments ↓

This fall, Jeremy Brown and I will be offering a short course in Phylogenomics in Valencia, Spain. Registration is open now. More information is available here.

Posted in genomics, informatics, phylogenetics, teaching, travel

University of Hawaii Phylogenetics and Math Symposium

Posted on 15 March 2019 by bob — No Comments ↓

Ahead of next weekend’s AMS sectional meeting in Honolulu, Elizabeth Gross (UH Math), Sean Harrington, and I have organized a special symposium/discussion on the intersection of mathematics and phylogeny which will take place here on the UH campus Thursday March…

Posted in phylogenetics, UH

Bodega 2017

Posted on 17 March 2017 by bob — No Comments ↓

I’ve been spending the week teaching in the Bodega Marine Lab for the 2017 Workshop in Applied Phylogenetics. It’s been a fun week of statistics, phylogenies, data analysis, and beautiful weather. This year, Jeremy Brown (@jembrown) and I put together…

Posted in genomics, informatics, phylogenetics, teaching, travel

Postdoctoral Position Available

Posted on 4 April 2016 by bob — No Comments ↓

We’re looking for a postdoc to join the team. Please share the ad below with any colleagues that may be interested. Postdoctoral position in phylogenetics and bioinformatics at the University of Hawaii The Thomson Lab is looking for a postdoctoral…

Posted in informatics, lab, phylogenetics, UH

Emilie Defends

Posted on 2 April 2016 by bob — No Comments ↓

Hearty congratulations to Emilie Richards who successfully defended her masters thesis yesterday! Emilie’s work focuses on characterizing the performance of model assessment tests for phylogenomic datasets. She gave a great talk on an interesting, important project that she’ll be submitting…

Posted in genomics, informatics, lab, phylogenetics, UH

September Herp Night

Posted on 21 September 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Exploring species diversity in Southeast Asian Sun Skinks Anthony Barley Thursday September 24, 2015. 3rd Floor Edmondson Hall. Herp night this month will take place 6pm Thursday on the 3rd floor of Edmondson Hall. Anthony Barley will be talking…

Posted in genomics, herps, Natural History, phylogenetics, travel, UH

Caroline Defends!

Posted on 26 March 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Congratulations to Caroline, who defended her Masters last week!

Posted in conservation, herps, lab, Natural History, phylogenetics, UH

2015 Bodega Bay Workshop in Applied Phylogenetics

Posted on 5 December 2014 by bob — No Comments ↓

Applications for the 2015 Bodega Bay Phylogenetics course are now being accepted (deadline is January 10th). The course provides an in-depth and hands on introduction to statistical phylogenetic and comparative methods. Topics include model selection and inference for phylogeny, divergence…

Posted in phylogenetics, teaching

On building a small cluster

Posted on 30 October 2014 by bob — No Comments ↓

Upon request from a reader, I just put up a quick post over at treethinkers.org that discusses our lab’s cluster, some general thoughts and pros and cons of doing a self build, versus buying, versus just sticking with shared resources.…

Posted in informatics, lab, phylogenetics