Population Genetics Group

Short description: 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?

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60  | Jan 2027  | Glasgow  | Arne Jacobs, Kathryn Elmer, and Barbara Mable  | Not Yet
59  | Jan 2026  | Lille  | Camille Roux, Diala Abu-Awad, Vincent Castric, Thomas Lesaffre, and Roman Stetsenko  | Not Yet
58  | Jan 2025  | Sheffield  | Nicola Nadeau  | Not Yet
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 2000  | 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

## Notes

^α Held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charlesworth, B; Charlesworth, D (2017-01-01). "Population genetics from 1966 to 2016" (in En). Heredity 118 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.55. ISSN 1365-2540. PMID 27460498.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Butlin, 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" (in en). Heredity 118 (1): 1. doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.97. ISSN 0018-067X. PMID 27827388.

## External links

* Population Genetics Group

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