International
conference
Modelling
Biological Evolution 2013: Recent Progress, Current Challenges and Future
Directions
University of Leicester (UK), May
1-3, 2013
Organisers: Andrew Morozov (University of Leicester, UK)
and Mark
Broom (City University
London, UK)
Sponsored by the London Mathematical Society
and the University of Leicester
Mathematical modelling
has been widely recognised as a powerful and convenient theoretical tool for
investigating various aspects of biological evolution and explaining the
existing genetic complexity of the real world. The number of publications on
the modelling of biological evolution is constantly accelerating and
considering different mathematical frameworks which provide new hypotheses to
explain the observed patterns of biodiversity, natural selection and
co-evolution of interacting species. The aim of the current meeting is to bring
together a number of leading researchers working in evolutionary modelling in order
to clarify the state-of-the-art in this field; to refine the existing
challenges and problems; to highlight important recent findings and to outline
possible future directions.
Advisory
Scientific Committee (in alphabetic order):
Samuel Alizon (Montpellier, France)
Alexander Gorban (Leicester, UK)
Geza Meszena (Budapest, Hungary)
Kalle Parvinen (Turku, Finland)
Maurice Sabelis (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Franjo Weissing (Groningen, the
Netherlands)
Honorary
Lecture
Hans Metz
(Leiden
University, the Netherlands)
Invited
Keynote Speakers (in alphabetic order):
Mike Boots (University of
Exeter, UK)
Mark
Broom (City University
London, UK)
Larissa Conradt (Max-Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany)
Alexander Gorban (University of Leicester, UK)
Eva Kisdi (University of Helsinki, Finland)
John McNamara
(University
of Bristol, UK)
Minus van Baalen (Université
Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
Andy White
(Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Local
organizing committee
Matthew Adamson (University of Leicester, UK)
Masha
Jankovic
(University
of Leicester,
UK)
The scope of the conference is outlined by (but not
necessarily limited to) the following topics:
·
Evolutionary
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
· Models of Somatic Evolution of
Cancer
· Evolutionary Population Ecology
·
Models
in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology
· Solving
Social
Dilemmas
· Models
of Evolution
of Language
· Population
and Quantitative Genetics
Contributed talks (20 min each) are expected to be
related to those subject areas. However, we will be willing to consider
submissions in different areas which nevertheless fit the theme of the
conference.
Apart
from individual talks, we also welcome proposals for minisymposia.
A minisymposium is typically of about two hours in
duration and will normally include either 4 talks of 25 minutes or 3 talks of
35 minutes each (plus an additional 5 minutes for questions). The minisymposium proposal should include a brief description
of its goals and a list of suggested speakers. It is the responsibility of the minisymposium organisers to contact the suggested speakers
and to discuss with them the conditions of their participation and details of
their talks.
In order
to encourage a wide participation of PhD students as well as early career researchers, there will
be a poster session organised during the conference. We have some financial
support for PhD students based in the UK (provided by the London Mathematical
Society).
To
register, please send a message to am379@le.ac.uk (Andrew Morozov)
with a title and a brief abstract of your presentation (one page at most, in a
camera-ready format, either pdf or Word), clearly
indicating whether it is intended to be a talk or a poster. Also, in case there
is more than one author, please indicate very clearly who is actually going to
present the work.
Download the
registration form here
There
will be a small registration fee of 80 GBP to be paid by cash upon arrival at
the registration. For all PhD students
(both UK-based and international) the conference fees will be waived!
NEW! The map of the conference cites is given here. The directions to the registration cite
(which is the Charles Wilson Building) are shown here.
Important
Dates
Minisymposia proposal submission closes: February 1st,
2013
Notification
of acceptance: February 15th, 2013
Registration
and abstract submission closes: March 1st, 2013 (extended
to March 12th)
Notification
of acceptance: March 15th, 2013 (extended to March 25th)
Announcement
of the final programme and timetable:
April 15th, 2013
Accommodation information: please find a list of suitable
hotels here.
To learn
more about the University of Leicester, please visit http://www.le.ac.uk/external/
About the city
Leicester is the tenth largest city in the United Kingdom and the largest
city in the East Midlands with a population of 330,000. Leicester is one of the
oldest cities of England with more than 1000 years of history. The name
"Leicester" comes from the words castra of the "Ligore", the Latin for “camp of the dwellers on the
river Legro”. Indeed, ancient Roman baths and pavements still
remain in Leicester from these times. Leicester is a very lively,
multi-cultural city with a tremendous choice of pubs, restaurants, cinemas and
theatres as well as excellent opportunities for shopping. Additionally,
Leicester is home to the UK’s National Space Centre, and the New Walk Museum
and Art Gallery: host to the finest collection of German Expressionist art in
the country.
Leicester
is located in the heart of England with excellent connections by road, air and
rail. Being situated just off the M1 motorway, Leicester is less than one hour
of travel by coach from East Midlands Airport, about 1.5 hours by train from
London Luton Airport and Birmingham International Airport and within 2.5 hours
by train from Heathrow Airport and London Stansted Airport.
To learn more about the city, please
visit http://www.le.ac.uk/leicester