Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course "GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS WITH PLANTS", April 22-26, 2014. Instructors: Dr. Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and MSc Flatcher (Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria).
More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/gm-and-plants/ PLACE: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, The Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de els Hostalets de Pierola. This course offers a self-contained introduction to geometric morphometrics with a special focus on applications in plant evolution and development. Plant-specific aspects of data acquisition and evaluation are discussed, and the particular possibilities of geometric morphometrics in plants will be highlighted. Lectures about general morphological and developmental characteristics of plants are combined with an introduction to the concepts and techniques of shape analysis. Finally, advanced methods such as regression analyses, modularity tests and comparative phylogenetic analyses are presented. This theoretical basis is complemented by hands-on demonstrations of data collection and analyses. The main focus of the course will be on landmark morphometrics, but a brief introduction and discussion of outline methods and semilandmarks is also provided. If there are participants who already have collected their own data, they are encouraged to bring these data for conducting analyses and discussing results. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org