About

The Population Genetics Group (or PopGroup, or PGG) is an annual meeting of population and evolutionary geneticists held in the UK since 1968. The meeting showcases population and evolutionary genetics from across the world, and has a reputation for being a collegiate, welcoming and inspiring event. Many postgraduate researchers give their first ever conference talk at PopGroup.

The University of Sheffield is delighted to be hosting the 58th Meeting in 2025. The University has a long-standing research strength in evolutionary biology, population genetics and molecular ecology. For over 25 years it has housed a NERC-funded visitor facility that has trained ecologists in molecular techniques. The last time Popgroup was held in Sheffield was in 2015, when Roger Butlin was the organiser. This year, the programme includes a special symposium in honour of Roger to mark his formal retirement and his extraordinary contributions to speciation and population genetics research. We look forward to welcoming lots of you to Sheffield.

2025 Organisation Committee

Main Organiser: Nicola Nadeau

Committee members: Noah G Bourne, Terry Burke, Roger K Butlin, Yacine Ben Chehida, Cat Collins, Luke Dunning, Isobel Eyres, Helen Hipperson, Melanie Lindner, Celine Pagnier, Amy Robinson, Jon Slate, Rachel Tucker

Financial support

We are very grateful to our sponsors for financially supporting the meeting.

Contact

For inquiries please send an email to populationgeneticsgroup@gmail.com or n.nadeau@sheffield.ac.uk - thank you!