Progress and Promise
March 2nd to 4th, Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center, New York University
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Overview
The goal of
the Molecular
Primatology: Progress and Promise conference – the second
in a
series of annual symposia organized by the Center for
the Study of
Human Origins at New York University – is to
bring together a
diverse,
international group of leading experts on the application of molecular
data in primatology to explore the breadth of current, cutting-edge
research in the field, to provide a prospective view on the field's
future promise, and to forge new collaborative connections among
research groups from around the globe. The conference will result in
the publication of an edited volume that will be of broad interest to
anthropologists, primatologists, and evolutionary biologists.
The conference and the accompanying edited volume are organized around four major themes: Molecular Ecology – the use of molecular techniques for examining kinship, behavior, dispersal patterns, and social organization in wild primates, Conservation Genetics – the application of molecular techniques to primate conservation biology, Molecular Diversity and Adaptation – the adaptive significance of patterns of molecular diversity within and between primate taxa, and Behavioral Genetics and Comparative Genomics – the genetic underpinnings of inter-individual behavioral variation and insights from recent genomic studies into the patterns and functional significance of differences in genome structure across primate taxa.
On the first two days of the conference, which will be open to the public, these four central themes will be the focus of a series of presentations (each followed by a short question/discussion period) by four to five invited speakers. At the end of each presentation session, we will open the floor for more extended discussion involving the speakers, other invited guests, and conference attendees. We will also hold poster sessions on the first two days of the conference, which will showcase research by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in molecular primatology from the greater New York area and from the laboratories of the invited speakers. Each of the first two days of the conference will close with an evening plenary talk exploring the history and future promise of using molecular data in primate phylogenetic studies, a topic that is not covered explictly in any of the thematic sessions. Our two invited plenary speakers are Dr. Todd Disotell of New York University's Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Human Origins and Dr. Morris Goodman, one of the key architects of the development of the field of Molecular Primatology.
On the morning of the third day of the conference, we will break into smaller thematic working groups (i.e., speakers plus selected conference attendees) to discuss issues raised during the more formal presentations and to jointly identify target areas for future research and potential collaboration. The conference will conclude by reconvening as a large group to share and discuss the results of the workshop sessions, with a closing talk by Dr. Cliff Jolly from New York University's Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Human Origins.
The conference and the accompanying edited volume are organized around four major themes: Molecular Ecology – the use of molecular techniques for examining kinship, behavior, dispersal patterns, and social organization in wild primates, Conservation Genetics – the application of molecular techniques to primate conservation biology, Molecular Diversity and Adaptation – the adaptive significance of patterns of molecular diversity within and between primate taxa, and Behavioral Genetics and Comparative Genomics – the genetic underpinnings of inter-individual behavioral variation and insights from recent genomic studies into the patterns and functional significance of differences in genome structure across primate taxa.
On the first two days of the conference, which will be open to the public, these four central themes will be the focus of a series of presentations (each followed by a short question/discussion period) by four to five invited speakers. At the end of each presentation session, we will open the floor for more extended discussion involving the speakers, other invited guests, and conference attendees. We will also hold poster sessions on the first two days of the conference, which will showcase research by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in molecular primatology from the greater New York area and from the laboratories of the invited speakers. Each of the first two days of the conference will close with an evening plenary talk exploring the history and future promise of using molecular data in primate phylogenetic studies, a topic that is not covered explictly in any of the thematic sessions. Our two invited plenary speakers are Dr. Todd Disotell of New York University's Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Human Origins and Dr. Morris Goodman, one of the key architects of the development of the field of Molecular Primatology.
On the morning of the third day of the conference, we will break into smaller thematic working groups (i.e., speakers plus selected conference attendees) to discuss issues raised during the more formal presentations and to jointly identify target areas for future research and potential collaboration. The conference will conclude by reconvening as a large group to share and discuss the results of the workshop sessions, with a closing talk by Dr. Cliff Jolly from New York University's Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Human Origins.
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