Did you know? Long-branch attraction is a systematic error where rapidly evolving lineages are incorrectly grouped together in a phylogenetic tree.
Scientific Rationale
Since the recent surge of AI-generated protein structure data, structural phylogenetics has rapidly evolved and is poised to reshape our understanding of molecular evolution. While the availability of structural data has exploded, its integration into evolutionary analysis has yet to reach its full potential. This meeting addresses this critical gap, providing a timely forum to explore this frontier.
New methods and tools are moving the field from a niche, computationally expensive discipline to one that is feasible and widely applicable. By bringing together structural biologists, evolutionary biologists, and computational method developers, this meeting aims to foster the cross-disciplinary collaborations needed to establish best practices, drive methodological innovation, and harness the power of protein structure to resolve deep evolutionary histories and understand the diversity of molecular function.
Key Dates️
Abstract Submission Deadline (for Talk Consideration):
November 28, 2025
Travel Grant Application Deadline:
November 28, 2025
Registration Deadline (Attendance Only):
January 15, 2026
Welcome Mixer:
February 15, 2026
Conference Dates:
February 16 – 18, 2026
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