EVOLTREE online webinar by Prof Rasmus Nielsen: "Mapping adaptive genetic variation in non-model species"
EVOLTREE is pleased to announce a new event in the network’s series of online seminars. For Spring 2026, we have the honour of hearing from UC Berkeley’s Prof Rasmus Nielsen, a leading evolutionary biologist who has pioneered methods revealing how adaptation takes place at the genomic level. Please make a date in your diaries and join us for what promises to be a fascinating talk!
8th April 1600 CEST, Prof Rasmus Nielsen: "Mapping adaptive genetic variation in non-model species"
- Registration (closing 6 April): LINK
Prof. Rasmus Nielsen is an evolutionary biologist and geneticist who studies human evolution, population genetics, and statistical genomics. He is best known for developing computational methods to detect natural selection in genomes and for his discoveries on human adaptation to high-altitude environments and ancient interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans. Prof Nielsen’s research integrates evolutionary theory, bioinformatics, and molecular biology to uncover the genetic basis of adaptation and diversity across species. He is Professor of Integrative Biology and Statistics at UC Berkeley and a member of the Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics. Prof Nielsen has published more than 350 peer reviewed publications including many in Nature, Science, and Cell, and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Danish Royal Academy of Sciences. Links: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/rasmus-nielsen
More info is available from EVOLTREE online webinars Spring 2026 | Evoltree
