Taming the BEAST
Taming the BEAST is a platform for collating a comprehensive and cohesive set of BEAST 2 tutorials in one location, providing researchers the resources necessary to learn how to perform analyses in BEAST 2. Find out more about the initiative and how you can contribute!
news
Countdown to Beijing
Posted 7 Jul 2025 by Joëlle
Application deadline extended for Taming the BEAST in Beijing!
Posted 17 Apr 2025 by Louis
Applications Open for Taming the BEAST in Beijing, 2025!
Posted 20 Mar 2025 by Louis
Taming the BEAST in Beijing, China, 2025!
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recently updated tutorials
Total Evidence Tutorial - Inferring phylogenies using genetic sequences and morphological characters
Updated 17 Jul 2025 by bethany-j-allen
BDMM Prime for Macroevolution - The fossilized birth-death process and extensions
Updated 17 Jul 2025 by rachelwarnock
StarBeast3 Tutorial - Estimating species trees using StarBeast3
Updated 16 Jul 2025 by laduplessis
Contraband tutorial - Total-evidence dating and trait-evolution evolutionary inference using phylogenetic multivariate Brownian motion models
Updated 15 Jul 2025 by laduplessis
workshops
Taming the BEAST Beijing
Beijing, China
July 14, 2025-July 18, 2025
Squamish BEAST Tamers
Squamish, British Columbia
August 14, 2023-August 18, 2023
Taming the BEAST Online
Online!
June 07, 2021-June 11, 2021
Taming the BEAST 2020
Oberägeri, Switzerland
May 31, 2020-June 05, 2020