Sumários

Population and Evolutionary Genetics Basics.

8 Janeiro 2020, 13:00 Patricia Beldade

Basic concepts about Population and Evolutionary Genetics. Allelic frequencies and allelic effect size. Human genetic varition. The Human HapMap and its main findings.


What is a patient? What is a disease?

7 Janeiro 2020, 13:00 Patricia Beldade

Student-led discussions about evolutionary insights into what is a patient and what is a disease. Explanation of group work: journal clubs (idea, paper assignment, schedule) and final project (general idea and schedule).


Introduction and course organzation

6 Janeiro 2020, 16:00 Patricia Beldade

Introduction to Evolutionary Medicine. Definitions and examples. The inevitable nature of evolution and its underlying conditions. Distingusihing between: patterns and processes; proximal and evolutionary causes, ontogenetic and phylogenetic timeframes. Core principles of Evolutionary Medicine. Couse structure and overview. Aims, topics to be covered, course supporting material, evaluation, calendar.


Introduction

6 Janeiro 2020, 13:00 Patricia Beldade

Introductions of faculty and students. Making of working groups. Discussion about what Evolutionary Medicine is and what it studies. Group work assigments for next class.