ENTOMOLOGY-University of Nebraska State Museum-Workshops

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As part of Team Scarab's NSF-PEET project, Dr. David Maddison visited the University of Nebraska and presented a short workshop on phylogenetics. The workshop was held 17-19 April 2000 at the University of Nebraska's New Media Center. The goal of the workshop was to provide participants with: 1) experience in the computer programs PAUP and MacClade and 2) a better understanding of the theoretical foundations of phylogenetics. Morphological and molecular data sets were discussed. The workshop included daily lecture and discussion as well as computer exercises using PAUP and MacClade.

Workshop participants gather to record history
(and breathe deeply after five hours on the computers!)

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The New Media Center at UNL is equipped with 17 Macintosh G4 computer stations and an instructor computer with electronic projector. Even better, we had treats and coffee at the back of the room!

Workshop Presenter

Dr. David Maddison
Department of Entomology
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721

FAX: (520) 621-1150
PH: (520) 621-9781
Internet:beetle@ag.arizona.edu

Dave Maddison sucking for Bembidion on the shores of Salt Creek in Nebraska.

Dr. Maddison is the co-author of the phylogenetics software MacClade and the accompanying manual on analysis of phylogeny, is an internationally respected carabid beetle systematist, is the author of several papers on phylogenetics theory and practice, is coordinator and editor for "The Tree of Life", is an incredible artist (see his carabid beetle illustrations, and is a member of the editorial board for the journal Biologie und Naturwissenschaft der Käfer.

The workshop was a grand success! Dr. Maddison did an outstanding job of conveying a huge amount of information in a short period time. All of the participants walked away from the workshop much more informed about methods and theories in phylogenetics.

Dave Maddison with the
"Fish Lab" participants.
Left to right: Gustavo Concheiro-Pérez,
Paul Bates, Dave Maddison,
Guillermo Orti, Sara Brant,
and Arjun Sivasunder.

Dave Maddison with Team Scarab. Top row, left to right: Andrew Smith, Dave Maddison, Gene Hall, Federico Ocampo, Brett Ratcliffe. Bottom row, left to right: Aura Paucar, Karla Villatoro, Mary Liz Jameson.

Participants	Department/ University	Organism
Dr. Alex Basolo	UNL Biology	Fish
Paul Bates	UNL Biology	Botany
Sara Brant	UNL Biology	Mammals & Nematodes
Chris Cargill	Southern Illinois University	Botany
Gustavo Concheiro-Perez	UNL Biology	Fish
Dr. Jim Estes	UNL Museum	Botany
Dr. Scott Gardner	UNL Museum	Parasites
Gene Hall	UNL Museum	Beetles
Jeff Huebschman	UNL Museum	Mammals
Dr. Bob Hunt	UNL Museum	Vertebrate Fossils
Dr. Mary Liz Jameson	UNL Museum	Beetles
Dr. John Janovy	UNL Biology	Parasites
Dr. Don Jensen	UNL Psychology	Animalia
Dr. Juraj Krajcovic	Comenius University, Slovak Republic	Insects
Peter Mullin	UNL Biology	Nematodes
Federico Ocampo	UNL Museum	Beetles
Dr. Guillermo Orti	UNL Biology	Fish
Aura Paucar	UNL Museum	Beetles
Dr. Ken Pruess	UNL Entomology	Insects
Dr. Brett Ratcliffe	UNL Museum	Beetles
Agustin Ruiz	UNL Biology	Parasites
Lilian Saldana	UNL Entomology	Insects
Sherry Self	Southern Illinois University	Botany
Arjun Sivasunder	UNL Biology	Fish
Andrew Smith	UNL Museum	Beetles
Karla Villatoro	UNL Museum	Beetles

Web Sites on Systematics and Phylogeny

Phylogeny Programs (software resources for use in phylogenetics)
http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/software.html

Tree of Life (information about phylogeny and biodiversity)
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

TreeBASE (a relational database of phylogenetic information)
http://www.treebase.org/treebase/index.html

Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics (a primer on cladistics methods,
implications, and uses)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad4.html

The Phylogeny of Life (broad approach to evolution, fossils,
life history, morphology, and systematics)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html

Concepts in Phylogeny (Tree of Life Page) (a primer in phylogeny including a glossary and information about phylogeny and classification)
http://tolweb.org/tree/home.pages/concepts.htm

The Basics of Cladistic Analysis by Diana Lipscomb
http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eclade/faculty/lipscomb/Cladistics.pdf

The Ultimate Course on Cladistics (Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 1999)
http://fibre.utu.fi/ucc/

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