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. 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.
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, and are available on the Population Genetics Group website as PDFs. PopGroup Date Location Organisors Programme?60Jan 2027GlasgowArne Jacobs, Kathryn Elmer, and Barbara MableNot Yet59Jan 2026LilleCamille Roux, Diala Abu-Awad, Vincent Castric, Thomas Lesaffre, and Roman StetsenkoNot Yet58Jan 2025SheffieldNicola NadeauNot Yet57Jan 2024St. AndrewsMichael RitchieNot Yet56Jan 2023LondonRichard NichollsNot Yet55Jan 2022NorwichMark McMullanYes54Jan 2021LiverpoolAndrea BetancourtYes53Jan 2020LeicesterRobert HammondYes52Jan 2019OxfordRavinder KandaYes51Jan 2018BristolJon BridleYes50Jan 2017CambridgeChris JigginsYes49Dec 2015EdinburghDarren ObbardYes48Jan 2015SheffieldRoger ButlinYes47Jan 2014BathNick PriestYes46Dec 2012GlasgowBarb MableYes45Jan 2012NottinghamAngus Davison et al.Yes44Jan 2011HullDave Lunt & Lori LHandleyYes43Jan 2010LiverpoolIlik SaccheriYes42Dec 2008CardiffMike BrufordYes41Dec 2007WarwickDmitry FilatovYes40Jan 2007ManchesterCathy WaltonYes39Dec 2005EdinburghDeborah CharlesworthYes38Dec 2004ReadingRichard Sibley & Mark BeaumontYes37Dec 2003SussexAdam Eyre-WalkerYes36Jan 2003LeicesterAndre GilburnYes35Jan 2002LeedsRoger ButlinYes34Dec 2000SheffieldTerry BurkeYes33Jan 2000ExeterMark MacNairYes32Jan 1999CambridgeMike & Tamsin MajerusYes31Dec 1997NottinghamJohn Brookfield et al.Yes30Dec 1996EdinburghDeborah CharlesworthYes29Jan 1996BangorChris GliddonYes28Jan 1995ExeterMark MacNairYes27Dec 1993ReadingMark BeaumontYes26Jan 1993CardiffRoger ButlinYes25Dec 1991LeidenPaul BrakefieldYes24Jan 1991ManchesterManiYes23Dec 1989NottinghamDavid Parkin & Tom DayYes22Jan 1989LeicesterGabby DoverYes21Jan 1988UCLSteve JonesYes20Dec 1986NottinghamDavid Parkin & Tom DayYes19Dec 1985ExeterYes18Jan 1985ManchesterYes17Jan 1984SouthamptonJohn AllenYes16Jan 1983BirminghamJeff GaleYes15Jan 1982CambridgeNick BartonYes14Dec 1980EdinburghBill HillYes13Jan 1980SussexBrian and Deborah CharlesworthYes12Dec 1978SheffieldBarry Burnet11Jan 1978NottinghamBryan Clarke?10Dec 1976Durham09Dec 1975Manchester08Dec 1974SussexJohn Maynard Smith07Dec 1973SwanseaRoger Gilbert06Dec 1972Nottingham05Dec 1971BangorRichard Arnold04Dec 1970LondonYes03Dec 1969LiverpoolYes02Dec 1968EdinburghYes01Jan 1968BirminghamYes0Jan 1967YorkCepaea only - PopGroup proposedYes -1Dec 1962GroningenBeardmore/Cain/Ruiter/SheppardYes
Notes Held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic
References
External links Population Genetics Group