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DESCRIPTION:Phylogenetics is essential for comparing biological species and
  understanding biodiversity for conservation. This workshop discusses the 
 basic principles and methods of phylogenetic inference and what you can le
 arn from phylogenetic estimation. It is intended to help you make informed
  decisions about which methods to use in your research.\n\nUsing real-life
  data and standard tools that are (mostly) available in Galaxy\, the works
 hop demonstrates the principles behind a variety of methods used to estima
 te phylogenetic trees from aligned sequence data or distance data.\n\nThis
  is not a "how to" workshop\, but is instead aimed at giving you a better 
 understanding of the principles of phylogenetics and how the methods work.
  Maybe you've even built phylogenetic trees before but want to know more a
 bout the principles behind the tools.\n\n**Lead Trainers:* *Professor Mich
 ael Charleston\, University of Tasmania.\n\n**Date/Time**: 1 July 2024\, 1
 1am - 3pm AEST / 10:30am - 2:30pm ACST / 9am - 1pm AWST\n\n**Location:** O
 nline\n\n**Format:**\n\nIn this online workshop expert trainers will intro
 duce new topics and guide you through hands-on activities to help you put 
 your new skills into action. The exercises we'll cover are beginner level 
 and make use of Galaxy Australia\, an online platform that lets you conduc
 t accessible\, reproducible\, and transparent computational biological res
 earch.\n\n**Learning outcomes:**\n\nBy the end of the workshop you should 
 be able to:\n\n* Describe the basic concepts behind phylogenetic trees and
  how they are made\n* Read and interrogate a phylogeny encountered in the 
 literature\n* Use standard tools to align a set of molecular sequences\n* 
 Assess the quality of a molecular sequence alignment and be able to modify
  it appropriately for phylogenetic analysis\n* Use standard tools to estim
 ate a phylogenetic tree based on a set of aligned molecular sequences\n* A
 ssess the reliability of estimated phylogenies with bootstrapping\n* Explo
 re phylogenetic signal using phylogenetic networks\n\nWe will not cover:\n
 \n* Workflows from read data to sequences\n* How to get an alignment (much
 : will use automated methods)\n* Bayesian phylogenetics: MCMC / BEAST / Mr
 Bayes\n\n**Who the workshop is for:**\n\nThis workshop is for Australian m
 olecular biologists who want to know more about phylogenetic trees. You sh
 ould know how molecular sequence data is produced and what it looks like.\
 n\nSome familiarity with using Galaxy is assumed. No coding experience is 
 required.\n\nIf you are new to Galaxy you will need to [register for a fre
 e Galaxy Australia account](https://www.biocommons.org.au/galaxy-australia
 ). We recommend watching this [brief introduction to Galaxy Australia](htt
 ps://youtu.be/i8ZnK8i8zRE) and working through the [Galaxy Basics for Ever
 yone tutorial](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/topics
 /introduction/tutorials/galaxy-intro-101-everyone/tutorial.html) before jo
 ining the workshop.\n\nYou must be associated with an Australian organisat
 ion for your application to be considered.\n\n**How to apply:**\n\nThis wo
 rkshop is free but participation is subject to application with selection.
  \n\nApplications close at **11:59pm AEST\, Friday 14 June 2024**.\n\nAppl
 ications will be reviewed by the organising committee and all applicants w
 ill be informed of the status of their application (successful\, waiting l
 ist\, unsuccessful). Successful applicants will be provided with a Zoom me
 eting link closer to the date. More information on the selection process i
 s provided in our[ Advice on applying for Australian BioCommons workshops.
 ](https://www.biocommons.org.au/workshop-applications)\n\n**[Apply here] (
 https://phylogenetics-2024.eventbrite.com.au/)**\n\n_This workshop is pres
 ented by the [Australian BioCommons](https://www.biocommons.org.au/) with 
 the assistance of a network of facilitators from the national [Bioinformat
 ics Training Cooperative](https://www.biocommons.org.au/training-cooperati
 ve)._\n\n_This event is part of a series of [bioinformatics training event
 s](https://www.biocommons.org.au/events). If you'd like to hear when regis
 trations open for other events\, please [subscribe](https://www.biocommons
 .org.au/subscribe) to Australian BioCommons_
SUMMARY:WORKSHOP: Phylogenetics - back to basics
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.biocommons.org.au/events/phylogenetics-2024
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