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This workshop is offered especially to
students from countries in the Middle East and the Balkans, who
are interested in shape variation in organisms.
Venue: Department of Biology, Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, TURKEY
Instructors:
Dr. Dean C. Adams (Iowa State University)
Dr. F. James Rohlf (SUNY Stony Brook)
Dr. Dennis E. Slice (University of Vienna)
Workshop on Geometric Morphometrics:
Geometric morphometrics is a fast developing field that is
opening up new possibilities for the interpretation of shape in
organisms. In the last decade or so, significant advances have
taken place in this method and its applications. Geometric
morphometrics makes use of differences in shape of organisms by
transforming the data into coordinates observed at diagnostic
sites, known as landmarks, on the organism. As an improvement
over more traditional approaches, this approach can successfully
separate size and shape components. Geometric morphometrics can
be useful in many fields, including systematics, ecology,
anthropology and medicine.
The objective of this meeting is to bring together researchers
and graduate students from Southeast Europe and the Middle East
with well-known experts from the field of geometric
morphometrics in a week-long workshop. The workshop will be
presented in a lecture and laboratory format where lectures are
followed by practical sessions in data acquisition, use of shape
analysis software and statistical analysis.The workshop is
limited to 20 students.
As a result of this intensive workshop, participants are
expected to improve their understanding and knowledge of the
subject, interact freely with the experts, and work on their own
data sets. This will also be a possibility for forging
collaborative relations among researchers from various countries
in the region.
The workshop is sponsored by
Scientific and
Technical Research Council of Turkey
and
Middle East
Technical University
Also thanks
to
EUROPT, GANTENBEIN and PRIZMA for their support
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If you have furher questions and comments please e-mail to
aykut@metu.edu.tr
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