ELIXIR-IIB, in collaboration with the National Research Council Italy, is pleased to announce the upcoming training course on "Population Genomics: background and tools".
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for applications: 5 February 2018
Chosen participants will be notified by: 28 February 2018
Payment deadline: 10 March 2018  
Course date: 21-27 April 2018

A maximum of 28 candidates will be accepted in the course. Priority will be given to candidates from ELIXIR-IIB member institutions and ELIXIR nodes.
REGISTRATION FEE: 500€
Registration fee includes course material, coffee breaks and lunches.
VENUE
Biblioteca - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica "Adriano Buzzati-Traverso" - via Pietro Castellino 111 - 80131 Napoli - IT
Full details at: https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/2018/04/21/PopGen-Napoli.html

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Study methods in population genomics have been profoundly reshaped in the last few years thanks to the growing availability of complete genomic sequences at population level. The rapid and recent growth of data and methods calls for new approaches to become routine in evolutionary genomics laboratories. The objective of this Practical Course is to give an overview of state of the art methods in population genomics combining lecturing from outstanding experienced population geneticists and software developers. All conceptual innovation will be presented in lectures and applied in practice both individually and in group work.
Practicals include computer exercises supervised by lecturers and training assistants. After attending the course participants will be aware of up-to-date concepts in population genetics, capable of running analyses using software based on whole genome data sequences and able to deal with basic aspects of any population genomics project. This Practical Course aims at evolutionary biologists who already have bioinformatics skills. PhD students and Post-Doc researchers will benefit the most out of this course, but applications from all candidates will be evaluated in their context.

COURSE SPEAKERS
Aida Andrés, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany, balancing selection in humans and primates
Andrew Clark, Cornell University, USA, population genetics
Mathias Currat, Université de Genève, Switzerland, coalescent simulations in European populations
Olivier Delaneau, Université de Genève, Switzerland, statistical genomics
Pascale Gerbault, University of Westminster, United Kingdom, positive selection in humans
Garrett Hellenthal, University College London, United kingdom, population structure and demography
Andrea Manica, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, population genetics, natural selection
Ida Moltke, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, human evolution evolutionary medicine
Martin Sikora, Natural History Museum of Denmark

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Should you have any question, do not hesitate to contact the ELIXIR-IIB Training Team (elixir.popgen.2018@gmail.com)
Thank you for your interest,
The Organisers and the ELIXIR-IIB Training Team
Chiara Batini (University of Leicester, UK), Vincenza Colonna (CNR, Napoli, IT) and Allegra Via (IBPM-CNR, Roma, IT)

ELIXIR-IIB Training 
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