The Pollock laboratory at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

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Protein sequence, structure, and functional evolution; Evolutionary genomics; Adaptive coevolution and ancestral reconstruction; Evolution of mitochondrial genomes; Evolutionary theory; Testing evolutionary predictions through mutagenesis and directed evolution

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Having some fun discussing (baiting?) about vertebrate genomes (see finch genome link below) and bacterial genomes and the attention they should or shouldn't receive with my old friend Jonathan Eisen over on Carl Zimmer's blog.

The Finch Genome paper is out!

A new page was creating containing information or links to all Pollock laboratory Programs for distribution

We started an Evolutionary Genomics WikiSpace page. Absolutely in test phase right now.

GENOMICS course is being taught Spring 2010 (FAQ) (FINAL)

Rapid likelihood analysis on large phylogenies using partial sampling of substitution histories by A. P. Jason de Koning, Wanjun Gu and David D. Pollock, Molecular Biology and Evolution (available online September 2009). Complex models, way fast. Check it out.

Evidence for an ancient adaptive episode of convergent molecular evolution, Todd A. Castoe, A. P. Jason de Koning, Hyun-Min Kim, Wanjun Gua, Brice P. Noonan, Gavin Naylor, Zhi J. Jiang, Christopher L. Parkinson and David D. Pollock, PNAS, 2009

See PNAS commentary by Scott Edwards, "Natural Selection and Phylogenetic Analysis" (May/June 2009) .

See addendum/commentary by Castoe, de Koning, and Pollock (reprint available upon request)

We're looking for postdoc applicants for NLM computational biology fellowships working on protein evolution (Pollock) genome and TE evolution (Pollock) or transcription factor binging site (TFBS) evolution (Pollock and Kechris). Please contact David Pollock for details. To be eligible for fellowships, must be US citizen or permanent resident. We're generally interested in non-US citizens as well, but would have to find other sources of funding.

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Further Information

Consortium for Comparative Genomics

NLM Training Grant postdoctoral fellowships are available yearly on a competitive basis. See Computational Bioscience Program for more information.

EGenBio at LSU is down for the duration.

CERT

As part of our NLM Training Grant, Short Term Trainee Program (STTP) fellowships are available

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Wanjun Gu

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