Viral Evolution: Linking Genetics to Epidemics

Satellite Meeting of the Cologne Spring Meeting 2012: Molecular Ecology and Evolution

Time: February 24 - February 25 , 2012
Venue: 24.02.2012 Physics Institute, Zülpicher Str.77, Lecture Hall
          25.02.2012 Biocenter, Zülpicher Str. 47b, Lecture Hall
Organizers: Michael Lässig (University of Cologne) and Thomas Lengauer (MPI Saarbruecken)

As its title suggests, the meeting aims at bringing together experts on genome evolution, population genetics, and epidemiology of viral systems to discuss emerging links between these fields.

Confirmed speakers

Trevor Bedford (Edinburgh)
Nico Beerenwinkel (Zürich)
Santiago Elena (Valencia)
Julia Gog (Cambridge)
Bryan Grenfell (Princeton)
Alice McHardy (Düsseldorf)
Eddie Holmes (Penn State)
Sergey Kryazhimskiy (Harvard)
Michael Lässig (Köln)
Ville Mustonen (Sanger)
Richard Neher (Tübingen
Nico Pfeifer (Saarbrücken)
Oliver Pybus (Oxford)
Andrew Rambaut (Edinburgh)
Annemie Vandamme (Leuven)

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