Annual meeting of population geneticists in the UK
The Population Genetics Group (or PopGroup, or PGG) is an annual meeting of population geneticists held in the UK since 1968. The meetings have been very influential in promoting population and evolutionary genetics in the UK, Europe, and elsewhere.[1][2] There have been long-standing connections between the PopGroup meeting and the journal Heredity. In 2017 Heredity published a special issue to mark the 50th meeting of the PopGroup.[2]
The two and a half day meetings are held annually just before Christmas or in the new year at UK universities. Attendance is typically in the range of 190-250 participants. The meetings are characterised by a very informal atmosphere alongside scientific rigour.
PopGroup is a self-organising meeting, not part of any society or university, and with no formal membership. It is funded principally by participant conference fees, and is not for profit, though it has been additionally supported as a Sectional Interest Group by the Genetics Society.
The first meetings were held in January 1968 by a group of established population geneticists as an outgrowth of informal meetings on the evolutionary patterns of the snail Cepaea nemoralis. Programmes of the meetings reflect the changes in population genetics through that time,[1] and are available on the Population Genetics Group website as PDFs.
PopGroup
Date
Location
Organisors
Programme?
57
Jan 2024
St. Andrews
Michael Ritchie
Not Yet
56
Jan 2023
London
Richard Nicholls
Not Yet
55
Jan 2022
Norwichα
Mark McMullan
Yes
54
Jan 2021
Liverpoolα
Andrea Betancourt
Yes
53
Jan 2020
Leicester
Robert Hammond
Yes
52
Jan 2019
Oxford
Ravinder Kanda
Yes
51
Jan 2018
Bristol
Jon Bridle
Yes
50
Jan 2017
Cambridge
Chris Jiggins
Yes
49
Dec 2015
Edinburgh
Darren Obbard
Yes
48
Jan 2015
Sheffield
Roger Butlin
Yes
47
Jan 2014
Bath
Nick Priest
Yes
46
Dec 2012
Glasgow
Barb Mable
Yes
45
Jan 2012
Nottingham
Angus Davison et al
Yes
44
Jan 2011
Hull
Dave Lunt & Lori LHandley
Yes
43
Jan 2010
Liverpool
Ilik Saccheri
Yes
42
Dec 2008
Cardiff
Mike Bruford
Yes
41
Dec 2007
Warwick
Dmitry Filatov
Yes
40
Jan 2007
Manchester
Cathy Walton
Yes
39
Dec 2005
Edinburgh
Deborah Charlesworth
Yes
38
Dec 2004
Reading
Richard Sibley & Mark Beaumont
Yes
37
Dec 2003
Sussex
Adam Eyre-Walker
Yes
36
Jan 2003
Leicester
Andre Gilburn
Yes
35
Jan 2002
Leeds
Roger Butlin
Yes
34
Dec 2001
Sheffield
Terry Burke
Yes
33
Jan 2000
Exeter
Mark MacNair
Yes
32
Jan 1999
Cambridge
Mike & Tamsin Majerus
Yes
31
Dec 1997
Nottingham
John Brookfield et al
Yes
30
Dec 1996
Edinburgh
Deborah Charlesworth
Yes
29
Jan 1996
Bangor
Chris Gliddon
Yes
28
Jan 1995
Exeter
Mark MacNair
Yes
27
Dec 1993
Reading
Mark Beaumont
Yes
26
Jan 1993
Cardiff
Roger Butlin
Yes
25
Dec 1991
Leiden
Paul Brakefield
Yes
24
Jan 1991
Manchester
Mani
Yes
23
Dec 1989
Nottingham
David Parkin & Tom Day
Yes
22
Jan 1989
Leicester
Gabby Dover
Yes
21
Jan 1988
UCL
Steve Jones
Yes
20
Dec 1986
Nottingham
David Parkin & Tom Day
Yes
19
Dec 1985
Exeter
Yes
18
Jan 1985
Manchester
Yes
17
Jan 1984
Southampton
John Allen
Yes
16
Jan 1983
Birmingham
Jeff Gale
Yes
15
Jan 1982
Cambridge
Nick Barton
Yes
14
Dec 1980
Edinburgh
Bill Hill
Yes
13
Jan 1980
Sussex
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth
Yes
12
Dec 1978
Sheffield
Barry Burnet
11
Jan 1978
Nottingham
Bryan Clarke?
10
Dec 1976
Durham
09
Dec 1975
Manchester
08
Dec 1974
Sussex
John Maynard Smith
07
Dec 1973
Swansea
Roger Gilbert
06
Dec 1972
Nottingham
05
Dec 1971
Bangor
Richard Arnold
04
Dec 1970
London
Yes
03
Dec 1969
Liverpool
Yes
02
Dec 1968
Edinburgh
Yes
01
Jan 1968
Birmingham
Yes
0
Jan 1967
York
Cepaea only - PopGroup proposed
Yes
-1
Dec 1962
Groningen
Beardmore/Cain/Ruiter/Sheppard
Yes
^ abCharlesworth, B; Charlesworth, D (2017-01-01). "Population genetics from 1966 to 2016". Heredity. 118 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.55. ISSN 1365-2540. PMC 5176116. PMID 27460498.
^ abButlin, R. K.; Brookfield, J. F. Y. (2017-01-01). "Genetic variation, selection and evolution: special issue in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the population genetics group meeting". Heredity. 118 (1): 1. doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.97. ISSN 0018-067X. PMC 5176120. PMID 27827388.
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