MAGPIE PhylogeogRaphy Workshop (with BEAST 2)


This in-person workshop is offered and hosted by MAGPIE in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University.

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Welcome to Day one!

After an introduction to this week’s workshop, we will gain some experience working with phylogenetic trees in R before moving on to learn about ancestral character estimation and stochastic character mapping.

Monday
[September 29, 2025]

0930–1030: Introduction to PhylogeogRaphy workshop

Slides

1030–1130: Intro to trees in R

Practical session in R

1030–1130: Simulating nucleotide substitution models

Practical session in R

1130–1230: Ancestral character estimation models

Slides

1330–1430: Simulating and fitting Markov models with ace

Practical session in R

1430–1530: Introduction to Stochastic character mapping – Simulating event times

R demo

1530–1630: Simulating Stochastic character mapping

Practical session in R

1530–1630: Fitting models with Stochastic character mapping

Practical session in R

Optional: MCMC Primer

Practical session in R


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