2010

1. Gordon Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions, invited speaker, February 21-26, Galveston, Texas, USA. Title: Macroevolutionary patterns and microevolutionary dynamics of insect adaptation to glucosinolates.
2. Next Generation Sequencing Symposium, November 3-6, Cologne, Germany. 2010. Sponsored by the Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research.
3. Next generation sequencing: potentials and problems, April 28, Lund, Sweden. 2010. Organized by: GENECO Research School and Center of Genomic Ecology, Lund University.
4. Next-Generation Sequencing: New Chances and Challenges for Evolutionary Genetics, March 10 - 12, Munich, Germany. 2010. Funded by DFG. Scientific Organizer: Wolfgang Stephan.
5. Genomics for ecologists - fundamentals and practicalities. January 20-22, Uppsala, Sweden. 2010. Funded by Uppsala University's Evolutionary Biology Centre graduate school program "Genomes and Phenotypes". Organizers: Ted Morrow, Dept. Animal Ecology, Uppsala University.
6. Genetics and Genomics of Speciation. January 10-13, Sheffield, Great Britain. 2010. Funded by the EU Marie Curie Initial Training programme. Organizers: Roger Butlin, Rhonda Snook, Claudius Kerth and Allan Debelle.
   
   

2009

1. “Pierid butterflies and Brassicales plants: a study in coevolution”. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology: Institute symposium, 23 June, Jena, Germany 2009
   
2. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Conservation Genetics Conference: Integrating Population Genetics and Conservation Biology. Sponsored by the ESF and held in Trondheim 23-26 May, Trondheim, Norway 2009
   
3. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Frontiers of Quantiative Biology Symposium, Institute of Science and Technology, 8 May, Vienna, Austria 2009
   “Goals and challenges of using NGS in model ecological systems”. Organized by Diethard Tautz (MPI for Evolutionary Biology, Plön) and Wolfgang Stephan.  Evolutionary Genetics: the impact of next generation sequencing technologies, 2-4 April, Wittenberg, Germany 2009.
   
4. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Department Seminar, Univ. of California San Diego, 27 February, San Diego, California, USA 2009
   
5. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Nuzhdin lab group, Univ. of Southern California, 20 February, Los Angeles, California, USA 2009
   
6. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Department Seminar, Univ. of California Santa Barbara, 18 February, Santa Barbara, California, USA 2009
7. “What the post-genomics era can do for non-model species: three empirical examples in butterflies”. Department seminar, Univ. of California Riverside, 5 February, Riverside, California, USA 2009
8. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Wayne lab group, Univ. of California Los Angeles, 28 January, Irvine, California, USA 2009
9. “From genes to metapopulations: Finding the genes that matter in a fragmented and dynamic landscape”. Briscoe & Reed lab group, Univ. of California Irvine, 27 January, Irvine, California, USA 2009

1. “Metapopulation processes sort expression phenotypes”. Facultat de Veterinaria, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 10 June, Barcelona, Spain 2008
2. “Functional Genomics of Dispersal: developing and using molecular tools in an ecological model system” Department of Biology, University of California, 8 February, Riverside, California, USA 2008

1. “Functional genomics of dispersal in a metapopulation”. Ecological Genoimcs European Science Foundation workshop, 4 - 7 November, Leksand, Sweden 2007
2. “Ecological and evolutionary functional genomics: finding and studying the genes that matter”, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, University of Helsinki, 17 October, Helsinki, Finland 2007
3. “Functional genomics of dispersal in a metapopulation”, Ecological genetics: understanding the functional consequences of natural variation in adaptation European Science Foundation workshop, 14 -17 September, Vienna, Austria 2007
4. “Recent advances in the Systematics of the Pieridae”, 5th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, 2 – 7 July, Rome, Italy 2007
5. “Genetic variation at a candidate locus affecting dispersal in a metapopulation”, Department Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 21 February, Jena, Germany 2007
6. “Genetic variation at a candidate locus affecting dispersal in a metapopulation”, Department Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 14 February, Cologne, Germany 2007
7. “Comparisons between using Fst and the site frequency spectrum in detecting selection”, Adaptive vs. neutral genetic variability in conservation genetics workshop funded by the European Science Foundation, 26 - 29 January, Tvarminne, Finland 2007
8. “Genetic variation at a candidate locus affecting dispersal in a metapopulation”, Popgen: Population Genetics Meeting, 12 - 19 January, Manchester, UK 2007

1. “Lepidopteran Functional Genomics & Phylogenomics: examples & prospects”, Lepidoptera evolution, taxonomy and systematics, exploratory workshop funded by the European Science Foundation, 26 – 29 April, Stockholm, Sweden 2006
2. “Lepidopteran Functional Genomics & Phylogenomics: examples & prospects”, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden 2006
3. “A phylogenomic backbone for Lepidopteran model systems”, Sixth International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of Lepidoptera, Kolympari, Crete, Greece 2006
4. “Functional Genomics Research on Butterflies”, McGwire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, 2006

1. “What can Lepidopteran EST databases offer to systematics?  Identifying candidate genes for phylogenetic reconstruction”, XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia 2004
2. “Identifying genes under selection in Lepidoptera”, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 2004

1. “Identifying the mechanistic basis of fitness differences by connecting molecular tests of selection with fitness measurements in the wild”, Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting, Newport Beach, California, USA 2003
2. “Butterfly genes and evolution: genetic variation and measuring fitness in the wild”, Sixth International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of Lepidoptera, Kolympari, Crete, Greece 2003
3. “Balancing selection in Colias butterflies?”, Symposium on Ecological and Biodiversity Research, Krakow, Poland 2003
4. “Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera, Pieridae )”, Society for the Study of Evolution meeting,    Chico, California, USA 2003

1. “A molecular analysis of fitness differences in a wild population of Colias butterflies”, 4th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, Leiden, Holland 2002
2. “From DNA to differential reproductive success: nucleotide polymorphism at the phosphoglucose isomerase locus of Colias eurytheme”, Society for the Study of Evolution meeting, Knoxville, TN, USA 2001

1. “Expression phenotypes are sorted by ecological dynamics”, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting, 5 – 8 June, Barcelona, Spain 2008
2. “Functional genomics of dispersal in the wild” Gordon Conference on Molecular Evolution, 3 – 8 February, Ventura, California, USA 2008
3. “Functional genomics of dispersal in a metapopulation using top down and bottom up approaches”, Jac Monod Conference on Functional Genomics, 2-6 May, Roscoff, France 2007
4. “Functional genomics of dispersal in a metapopulation”, 5th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, 2 – 7th July, Rome, Italy 2007
5. “Butterfly diversification rate after acquiring a novel genetic mechanism allowing a host plant shift”, Gordon Conference on Ecological and Evolutionary Functional Genomics, 3 – 8 August, Oxford, UK 2005
6. “Innate immunity butterfly genes”, Innate Immunity Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, 6 – 9 May, Ploen, Germany 2004
7. “From DNA to differential reproductive success: nucleotide polymorphism at the phosphoglucose isomerase locus of Colias eurytheme”, European Society for Evolutionary Biology meeting, Aarhus, Denmark 2001
8. “Intraspecific phylogeography of an alpine butterfly”, 3rd International Butterfly Ecology and Evolution Symposium, Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado, USA 1998

1. Conservation Genetics Conference: Integrating Population Genetics and Conservation Biology. Sponsored by the ESF and held in Trondheim 23-26 May, Trondheim, Norway 2009
   
2. Evolutionary Genetics: the impact of next generation sequencing technologies, 2-4 April, Wittenberg, Germany 2009. Organized by Diethard Tautz (MPI for Evolutionary Biology, Plön) and Wolfgang Stephan.
3. The new global research system: Academic supervising and mentoring. A workshop for developing skills as a mentor funded by the European Science Foundation, 4-7 October, Sagadi, Estonia 2007
4. Practical course on Microarray analysis using the R software package, University of Helsinki, 5-10 August, Helsinki, Finland 2007
5. Adaptive vs. neutral genetic variability in conservation genetics. Funded by the European Science Foundation, 26th-29th January, Tvarminne, Finland 2007
6. Ecological genetics: understanding the functional consequences of natural variation in adaptation. Funded by the European Science Foundation, 14 -17 September, Vienna, Austria 2007
7. Lepidoptera evolution, taxonomy and systematics.  An exploratory workshop funded by the European Science Foundation, 26 – 29 April, Stockholm, Sweden 2006

Invited Lectures in Courses:

1. Field Ecology at Lammi Biological Station, 12 June Lammi, Finland, 2007
2. Conservation Biology at University of Helsinki, 7-8 November, Helsinki, Finland, 2007