Dear friends and colleagues,

 

As part of the Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology 2024 in Montreal, we are organizing a symposium on Marine Evolution (https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/symposia.html), see the abstract below. Please consider joining us, and inform colleagues who might be interested!

 

Best wishes,

Pierre

 

 

Advances in marine evolutionary biology

 

​Around 500 million years ago life had not yet colonised land and was exclusively found in the oceans. Despite the rich diversity of life found in our oceans, much has yet to be described and put into an evolutionary context. Practical hurdles of working in the marine environment, as well as the complexity of marine systems, have historically impeded our ability to study them. However, with recent theoretical and technological advancements, these hurdles are diminishing, now allowing for in-detail studies of biological processes such as speciation, local adaptation, connectivity, and genotype-phenotype associations in diverse marine systems. This symposium will broadly feature studies that advance our understanding of these phenomena and their underlying mechanisms. It aims to highlight similarities and interconnections of study systems across different coastlines and oceans, thereby building a base for future collaborations across networks and societies in a world undergoing dramatic change.

 

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Sincerely,

  

Pierre De Wit, University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Ellika Faust, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology