Computational Approaches to Early Evolution brings together people who work with messy, real-world data on early life. The aim is simple: connect cutting-edge phylogenetics, genome-resolved metagenomics, and molecular evolution to say something concrete about how cells, metabolisms, and communities emerged and diversified. We'll focus on methods that scale to the current deluge of genomes, handle horizontal gene transfer and link evolutionary inferences to physiology, ecology, and the rock record.

Invited speakers

Prof. Phil Hugenholtz – University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Tom A. Williams – University of Bath, UK
Dr. Sandra Álvarez-Carretero – University College London, UK
Prof. Paola Laurino – OIST, Japan
Prof. Shawn E. McGlynn – Earth-Life Science Institute, Japan
Dr. Masaru K. Nobu – JAMSTEC, Japan
Dr. Eduard Ocaña-Pallarès – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Catalonia
Prof. Anne-Florence Bitbol – EPFL, Switzerland
Prof. Ben J. Woodcroft – Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Dr. Edmund R. R. Moody – University of Barcelona, Catalonia
Dr. Arisa Nishihara – RIKEN, Japan

Dr. Bastien Boussau – CNRS / Université Lyon 1, France (online)
Prof. Anja Spang – NIOZ & University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (online)
Dr. Adrian Davin (online)

Workshop website: https://www.oist.jp/conference/computational-approaches-early-evolution

*OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

OIST is deeply committed to the advancement of women in science, in Japan and worldwide. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.