ALPHY is an annual meeting dedicated to the field of Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics (ALPHY = ALignments and PHYlogeny). The main goal of this meeting is to promote informal exchanges in this highly multidisciplinary field, and to encourage young scientists to present their work. ALPHY is a working group of the GDR BiMM (which aim is to structure and lead the French bioinformatics research community).

The central goal of the GDR "Approche Interdisciplinaire de l’Evolution Moléculaire" (AIEM) is to address fundamental questions in evolutionary biology using a wide focus ranging for example from taking advantage of methods from quantitative statistics and applied mathematics, up to discussing historical and philosophical perspectives of the field.

Alphy & AIEM joint meeting will be held in Feb. 2025, from Monday 3rd early afternoon, to Wednesday 5th early afternoon, at the INSA-Lyon, Campus de la Doua (Villeurbanne), in the amphitheater 'La Rotonde'.

The program will include four keynote speakers (François Rousset, ENS-Lyon; Elizabeth Murchison, University of Cambridge; Himani Sachdeva , Universitat Wien; Alexa Sadier ISEM) and ~30 contributed talks.

Registration to the meeting is free, but mandatory. Please use the link (top left of this page) to register.

If you wish to present your work, submit your abstract in the registration form.
We will provide grants to help covering the travel and lodging expenses of some students and postdocs. Priority will be given to those who submitted an abstract. If you wish to apply for a travel grant, do not forget to indicate it in the registration form.

Important dates:
• Deadline for abstract submission: December 12
• Deadline for travel grant application: December 12
• Deadline for registration : January 10