A workshop on the subject of phylogenetic networks was held at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Prof. McInerney spoke at the meeting on the subject of N-rooted fusion graphs, Epaktologs and generally the subject of introgression.
The timetable for the meeting was as follows:
The Phylogenetic Network Workshop
(27 – 31 Jul 2015)
Venue: IMS Auditorium (27 – 29 Jul, 30 Jul afternoon, 31 Jul 2015)
Venue: Blk S17, #04-06, SR1, Department of Mathematics, NUS (30 Jul 2015 morning)
Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Activities · Venue
| Monday, 27 Jul 2015 | |
| 08:45am – 09:00am | Registration |
| 09:00am – 09:15am | Opening Remarks |
| 09:15am – 10:05am | Studying phylogenetic networks via integer linear programming (ILP) (PDF) Daniel Gusfield, University of California at Davis, USA |
| 10:05am – 10:35am | — Group Photo & Coffee Break — |
| 10:35am – 11:25am | The evolution of the metazoan protein toolkit Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
| 11:25am – 11:55am | Information needed to infer phylogenetic networks (PDF) Taoyang Wu, University of East Anglia, UK |
| 11:55am – 02:00pm | — Lunch Reception at IMS — |
| 02:00pm – 02:50pm | Statistical inference of reticulate evolutionary histories of species (PDF) Luay K. Nakhleh, Rice University, USA |
| 02:50pm – 03:20pm | Deciphering reticulate evolution using phylogenetic reconciliation (PDF) Mukul Bansal, University of Connecticut, USA |
| 03:20pm – 03:50pm | — Coffee Break — |
| 03:50pm – 04:20pm | Bridging the gap (PDF) Katharina Huber, University of East Anglia, UK |
| 04:20pm – 04:50pm | Comparing phylogenetic networks by counting triangles (PDF) Jesper Jansson, Kyoto University, Japan |
| Tuesday, 28 Jul 2015 | |
| 08:45am – 09:00am | Registration |
| 09:00am – 09:50am | Apprehending life’s complexity and its evolution with networks (PDF) Eric Bapteste, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| 09:50am – 10:20am | Large-scale study of genetic exchange through bipartite graphs (PDF) Eduardo Corel, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| 10:20am – 10:40am | — Coffee Break — |
| 10:40am – 11:30am | The biology of phylogenetic networks (PDF) David Morrison, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 11:30am – 12:00nn | Identification and study of composite genes in the environment Jananan Pathmanathan, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| 12:00nn – 12:30pm | Exploring environmental genetic diversity with similarity networks (PDF) Philippe Lopez, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| 12:30pm – 02:00pm | — Lunch — |
| 02:00pm – 02:50pm | Sequence similarity networks, n-rooted fusion graphs and lego diagrams: new tools for understanding evolution (PDF) James McInerney, National University of Ireland, Ireland |
| 02:50pm – 03:20pm | Cherry picking: a new characterization to quantify reticulation (PDF) Simone Linz, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 03:20pm – 03:50pm | — Coffee Break — |
| 03:50pm – 04:20pm | Exploring the phylogenetic network community (PDF) Philippe Gambette, University of East Paris, France |
| 04:20pm – 05:30pm | Discussion Session I |
| 07:00pm | Dinner (Volunteer and self paid) Venue: Singapore Seafood Republic 26 Sentosa Gateway #01-292, Waterfront, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore 098138 |
| Wednesday, 29 Jul 2015 | |
| 08:45am – 09:00am | Registration |
| 09:00am – 09:50am | Optimal trees and realizations from split networks Vincent Moulton, University of East Anglia, UK |
| 09:50am – 10:20am | Kernelizations for the hybridization number problem on multiple nonbinary trees Céline Scornavacca, Université Montpellier II, France |
| 10:20am – 10:40am | — Coffee Break — |
| 10:40am – 11:30am | Applications of the probabilistic species-tree aware approach Jens Lagergren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| 11:30am – 01:30pm | — Lunch — |
| Free & Easy | |
| Thursday, 30 Jul 2015 | |
| Venue : Blk S17, #04-06, SR1, Department of Mathematics, NUS | |
| 09:00am – 09:50am | Counting phylogenetic networks (PDF) Charles Semple, University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
| 09:50am – 10:20am | Reconstructing phylogenetic level-1 networks from nondense binet and trinet sets (PDF) Leo Van Iersel, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands |
| 10:20am – 10:40am | — Coffee Break — |
| 10:40am – 11:30am | Mathematical aspects of phylogenetic networks (PDF) Mike Steel, University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
| 11:30am – 12:00nn | Algorithms for constructing hybridization networks from multiple gene trees (PDF) Yufeng Wu, University of Connecticut, USA |
| 12:00nn – 12:30pm | A randomized approximation algorithm for rSPR Distance (PDF) Zhi-Zhong Chen, Tokyo Denki University, Japan |
| 12:30pm – 02:00pm | — Lunch — |
| Venue : IMS Auditorium | |
| 02:00pm – 02:50pm | Algorithms for pedigrees comparison (PDF) Lusheng Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 02:50pm – 03:40pm | Studying horizontal gene transfer via quartet based methods Sagi Snir, University of Haifa, Israel |
| 03:40pm – 04:00pm | — Coffee Break — |
| 04:00pm – 05:30pm | Discussion Session II |
| Friday, 31 Jul 2015 | |
| 08:45am – 09:00am | Registration |
| 09:00am – 09:50am | Phylogenetic networks with stable property (PDF) Louxin Zhang, National University of Singapore |
| 09:50am – 10:20am | Diversity and evolution of secondary metabolite clusters in marine actinomycetes (PDF) Nadine Ziemert, University of Tuebingen, Germany |
| 10:20am – 10:40am | — Coffee Break — |
| 10:40am – 11:30am | Lateral gene transfer as a molecular clock (PDF) Eric Tannier, INRIA, France |
| 11:30am – 12:20pm | A statistical framework to analyze complex metagenomic networks (PDF) François-Joseph Lapointe, Université de Montréal, Canada |
| 12:20pm – 02:00pm | — Lunch — |
| 02:00pm – 02:30pm | Computing split systems from weighted quartets Stefan Gruenewald, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, China |
| 02:30pm – 03:20pm | Phylogenetic networks and software Daniel Huson, University of Tubingen, Germany |
| 03:20pm – 03:30pm | Closing Remarks |
