Information about training programme

• Title of training: Advanced topics in phylogeny reconstruction
• Description of project: A series of workshops including lectures, computer practicals, literature study and discussion. Topics treated are: advanced options and additional programmes for parsimony analysis, species concepts and their role in phylogeny reconstruction, phylocode vs. traditional classification, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analysis, total evidence approaches and supertree methods.
• Duration of training: 2 weeks

Type of training

Practical experiences

• Application of various computer programmes and their options
• Interpreting resulting trees

Lectures

• Parsimony methods
• Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses
• Supertree methods
• Total evidence approach
• Species concepts

Seminars

• Synthesis of molecular and morphological information

Contact information of mentor / supervisor

• Name of mentor / supervisor: Dr. P.H. Hovenkamp
• Institution / Organisation: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
• EDIT partner number: 6
• Unit / Department / Laboratory: PITA
• Address: Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands

Target audience: for trainees at PhD or Postdoc level.

Individual training based on face-to-face and group discussions and self-activation in practicals. The content is shaped to the advanced courses organized by NHN in this matter, which usually have 1-2 lectures a day followed by a full day practicals and demonstrations.