Applications
We are now accepting applications! The registration fee is 1500 CNY, and will cover all meals during the workshop.
Please click here to apply.
Applications are open until 25 April 2025!
Preliminary Programme
(subject to change)
| Invited talks | Lectures | Tutorials | Interactive |
| Sunday 2025/07/13 |
Monday 2025/07/14 |
Tuesday 2025/07/15 |
Wednesday 2025/07/16 |
Thursday 2025/07/17 |
Friday 2025/07/18 |
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| 08:45 | Arrival | Welcome | Housekeeping | Housekeeping | Housekeeping | Housekeeping |
| 09:00 | Joëlle Barido-Sottani Introduction to Bayesian phylogenetics |
Simon Ho TBA (link) |
Arong Luo Molecular data and their use in macroevolutionary studies (link) |
Xing Xu Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis: Taxon sampling, character formulation and coding (link) |
Sasha Gavryushkina TBA (link) |
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| 09:30 | ||||||
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| 10:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 10:15 | Chi Zhang First steps in BEAST2 and setting priors |
Chi Zhang Tree priors |
Rachel Warnock Divergence time estimation and total evidence dating |
Joëlle Barido-Sottani Structured models in phylodynamics |
Sophie Seidel Single-cell phylogenetics for developmental biology |
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| 11:00 | ||||||
| 11:15 | Introduction to BEAST2 (tutorial) |
Inference of past population dynamics using skyline models (BEAST2 tutorial ,LPhyBEAST tutorial) |
Dating species divergences with the fossilized birth-death process (tutorial) |
Modelling macro-evolution with BDMM-prime (tutorial) |
Estimating single-cell trees from lineage tracing data with TiDeTree (tutorial) |
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| 12:00 | ||||||
| 12:15 | Lunch IVPP |
Lunch IVPP |
Free afternoon | Lunch IVPP |
Lunch IVPP |
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| 12:45 | ||||||
| 13:00 | ||||||
| 13:15 | Simon Ho Molecular clock dating and modelling rate variation |
Walter Xie LinguaPhylo and LPhyBEAST |
Chi Zhang Species tree inference and the multispecies coalescent |
TBA Lecture |
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| 13:45 | ||||||
| 14:00 | ||||||
| 14:15 | Prior selection and clock calibration (tutorial) |
Analysing Time-Stamped Data with LinguaPhylo and BEAST (tutorial) |
Estimating species trees using StarBEAST3 (tutorial) |
TBA (tutorial) |
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| 14:45 | ||||||
| 15:00 | ||||||
| 15:15 | Break | Break | Break | Break | ||
| 15:30 | Joëlle Barido-Sottani Troubleshooting & practical tips |
Rong Zhang Inference using continuous traits |
TBA Lecture |
TBA Lecture | ||
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| 16:00 | ||||||
| 16:15 | ||||||
| 16:30 | BEAST2 convergence (tutorial) |
Modelling continuous trait evolution in BEAST2 (tutorial) |
TBA (tutorial) |
TBA (tutorial) |
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| 16:45 | ||||||
| 17:00 | BEAST2 initialization (tutorial) |
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| 17:30 | BEAST Clinic & Tutorial catch-up (optional) |
BEAST Clinic & Tutorial catch-up (optional) |
BEAST Clinic & Tutorial catch-up (optional) |
Free Q&A session and wrap-up (optional) |
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| 17:45 |
Venue and travel information
The workshop will take place at the Institute for Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所) in Beijing, China. Participants are expected to book their own accommodation Beijing. The workshop organisers are not responsible for organising daily travel to and from the IVPP.
- Location in Google maps
- Location in Baidu maps
Travellers from many countries are able to visit China without needing to apply for a visa. Please see here and here for further details. The SMBE 2025 website has list of practical information and tips for travelling to Beijing this July.
Questions
Please contact the organizing committee at ttb.beijing@ivpp.ac.cn.
