Round table. Questions in (ecological) speciation

Recent advances in genomics offer an unprecedented opportunity to understand the mechanisms involved in ecological speciation. In order to build a solid two-way bridge between ecology and genomics, the AES international conference will promote a brainstorm on cutting-edge empirical and theoretical advances in the study of ecological speciation.

We aim to create an open discussion atmosphere between students and more experienced researchers that can inspire future educational and research programs on this topic, currently one of the most prominent in evolutionary biology.

This meeting is part of the European Science Foundation’s Research Networking Programme Frontiers of Speciation Research (FroSpects, www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/FroSpects), which is funded by 18 of ESF’s national member organisations.

• Conference introduced by: Mr. Rui Faria
  AES’s Organizing Committee, PopGen group, CIBIO
• : Mrs. Felicity Jones
  Research Group Leader, Friedich Miescher Laboratory, Tübingen, Germany
• : Mr. Walter Salzburger
  Research Group Leader. Instituto de Zooloxía, University of Basel, Switzerland
• : Mr. Sébastien Renaut
  Researcher. Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• : Mr. Dolph Schluter
  Professor. Biodiversity Research Centre and Zoology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• : Mr. Roger Butlin
  Professor, Researcher. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences - Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Science, University of Sheffield (UK) - University of Gothenburg, Sweden