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Phylogenetic Inference Using RevBayes

Workshop at NIMBioS - Knoxville, TN USA

August 7-11, 2017

Instructors

  • Sebastian Höhna (lead organizer)
  • Bastien Boussau
  • Emma Goldberg
  • Tracy Heath
  • John Huelsenbeck
  • Will Freyman

Workshop Preparation

To prepare for the workshop, please see detailed information: https://revbayes.github.io/RevBayes-NIMBioS-Workshop/workshop-prep

Workshop Schedule

Detailed schedule timeline: link

Workshop Topics

Repository for slides: https://github.com/revbayes/RevBayes-NIMBioS-Workshop/tree/master/slides

Monday, 7 August - Höhna & Hülsenbeck

Topics

  • Introduction/Overview
  • Probability, Bayesian Statistics, MCMC
  • Likelihood based phylogenetics [slides]
  • Introduction to RevBayes [slides]

Practical: Introduction to RevBayes

Practical: Models of Molecular Evolution

Tuesday, 8 August - Höhna, Hülsenbeck, & Freyman

Topics

  • Partition Models and Model Selection [slides]
  • Model Fit [slides]
  • MCMC Diagnostics & Convergence

Practical: Model Selection

Practical: Partition Models

Practical: Model Fit

Practical: MCMC & Convergence

Wednesday, 9 August - Höhna & Heath

Topics

  • Divergence-time estimation [slides]
    • Clock Models
    • Node Calibration
    • Total Evidence Analysis

Practical: Clock Models

Practical: Total Evidence Analysis under the Fossilized Birth-Death Process

Thursday, 10 August - Höhna, Goldberg, & Freyman

Topics

  • Estimating Diversification Rates Through-Time
  • Lineage-Specific Diversification Rates
  • Character State-Dependent Diversification Rates
  • Biogeography
  • [slides for second two topics]

Practical: Basic diversification using constant-rate birth-death models

Practical: Diversification rates through time using episodic birth-death models

Practical: Branch-specific diversification rate estimation

Practical: Character state-dependent diversification

Practical: Biogeography

Friday, 11 August - Höhna & Boussau

Topics