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| Research Coordination Networks in Biological
Sciences: A Phylogeny for Kingdom Fungi |
| Proposed Meetings of the Fungal Phylogenetics
Network |
MSA Summer 2001 Getting started: selection
of exemplar taxa, target molecules, and coordination (some of the discussion
will be conducted on line due to a tight schedule in Salt Lake City.
* establishing evaluation criteria
* defining target taxa
* defining hypotheses to test
* deciding on character sets
* make list of tools available for different taxa
* planning on development of tools for key under-studied taxa
* deciding on methods for generating data and analysis methods
* NSF plans for the Tree of Life
Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Meeting. 8, 9, 10
February 2002 (details)
Post meeting foray to New Orleans 11 and 12
Analysis of large multigene data sets
* combinability testing
* advantages and disadvantages of computationally cheap methods
* assessing node support in large datasets
* hardware issues
* making a list of available software
* non-orthologous genes: finding them and dealing with them
* centralizing the datasets so everyone is on the same page
* databases
MSA Summer 2002 Phylogenetic and Linnaean
taxonomy
* monophyletic versus non-monophyletic taxa
* rank-free classification
* teaching mycology in a Phylocode world
Knoxville (Winter 2003) Developing new characters
and discovering new fungi
* evaluation of progress of tool development recommended in W01
* updating tools available and recommended tools list
* whole genome methods of comparison
* understudied taxonomic groups
* understudied geographic regions
* understudied ecotypes and groups (e.g., lichens, unculturable
fungi)
* roles of culture collections and herbaria
MSA Summer 2003 Comparing methods
of analysis
* parsimony methods
* distance methods
* likelihood methods
* hypothesis testing methods
* finding long branches
* tests of node support
* optimality criteria
* aligning sequences
* rooting
* timing divergences
?????? Winter 2004 Genomics
for fungi
* dating evolutionary divergences
* defining more key under-studied taxa for genome projects
* applications to drug discovery, enzyme production
* industrial partners
* comparative evolutionary genomics
MSA Summer 2004 Communicating fungal
systematics in education
* organization of a mycology course
* ideas for course syllabi
* clearinghouse of laboratory ideas
* internet tools
* recommendations for new textbooks
?????? Winter 2005 Character
state reconstructions and biogeography
* how to map characters on trees
* non-DNA characters of interest
* identifying synapomorphic characters for each major clade
* identifying biogeographic trends in fungi
* roles of host biogeography
MSA Summer 2005 Early assessment
of progress
* synopses of progress in each areas
* compiling all of the information learned in each area and putting
into a web-disseminated format
?????? Winter 2006 Grand finale:
unveiling the phylogeny and planning for the next ten years
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