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3rd Programming for Evolutionary Biology Course

March 21st – April 6th 2014 Leipzig, Germany

 

Modules and Instructors

Introduction to Linux systems
Giovanni Marco Dall’Olio, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data
David Langenberger, Steve Hoffmann, University of Leipzig, Germany

Analysis of RAD sequencing data and Assembly
Anja Westram, University Sheffield, United Kingdom

Introduction to R
Katja Nowick, University of Leipzig, Germany

Comparative analysis of expression data
Mehmet Somel, METU Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey

Population genomics
Johannes Engelken, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Statistics & Inference
Stuart Baird, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Introduction to Perl
Sofia Robb, University of California Riverside, USA

Introduction to BioPerl
Sofia Robb, University of California Riverside, USA

Phylogenomics
Christoph Bleidorn, University of Leipzig, Germany

Introduction to databases
Jan Aerts, Leuven University, Belgium

Ensembl API
Bert Overduin, EMBL – European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

Visualization of scientific data
Jan Aerts, Leuven University, Belgium

 

3 days final project

 

Invited speakers

Structural variants in primates
Tomas Marques-Bonet, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

The genomics of adaptive radiation
Walter Salzburger, University of Basel, Switzerland

Genomics of speciation
Rui Faria, University of Porto, Portugal

Epistasis and molecular evolution
Fyodor Kondrashov, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Evolution of non-coding RNAs
Peter Stadler, University of Leipzig, Germany

 

Teaching Assistants

Lydia Steiner, University of Leipzig, Germany
Jan Engelhardt, University of Leipzig, Germany
Alvaro Perdomo-Sabogal, University of Leipzig, Germany
Sree Rohit Raj Kolora, University of Leipzig, Germany
Tiago Carvalho, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Vladimir Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Rik Verdonck, University of Leuven, Belgium

 

Technical Support

Jens Steuck, University of Leipzig, Germany
Valentina Klebanova, DITON, Regis-Breitingen, Germany

2nd Course: April 3rd – April 19th 2013

Modules and Instructors

Introduction to Linux systems
Giovanni Marco Dall’Olio, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data (with reference genome)
Steve Hoffmann, David Langenberger, University of Leipzig, Germany

Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data (for non-model organisms)
Sonja Grath, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

Introduction to R
Katja Nowick, University of Leipzig, Germany

Comparative analysis of expression data
Mehmet Somel, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Biological graphs and networks
Jing Qin, University of Leipzig, Germany

Introduction to Perl
Sofia Robb, University of California Riverside, USA

Introduction to BioPerl
Sofia Robb, University of California Riverside, USA

Phylogenomics
Christoph Bleidorn, University of Leipzig, Germany

Population genomics
Johannes Engelken, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Introduction to databases
Jan Aerts, Leuven University, Belgium

Visualization of scientific data
Jan Aerts, Leuven University, Belgium

 

4 days final project

 

Invited speakers

Evolution of behavior
Sarah London, University of Chicago, USA

Analysis of structural variants
Tomas Marques-Bonet, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Genomics of speciation
Rui Faria, University of Porto, Portugal

Evolution of non-coding RNAs
Peter Stadler, University of Leipzig, Germany

 

Teaching Assistants

Lydia Steiner, University of Leipzig, Germany
Jan Engelhardt, University of Leipzig, Germany
Miguel Fonseca, University of Vigo, Spain
Tiago Carvalho, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Vladimir Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Rik Verdonck, University of Leuven, Belgium

 

Technical Support

Jens Steuck, University of Leipzig, Germany
Petra Pregel, University of Leipzig, Germany
Valentina Klebanova, DITON, Regis-Breitingen, Germany

 

 

1st Course: March 17th – April 1st 2012

Modules and Instructors

Introduction to Linux systems
Giovanni Marco Dall’Olio, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Introduction to R
Katja Nowick, University Leipzig, Germany

Analysis of next generation sequencing data
David Langenberger, University Leipzig, Germany

Analysis of structural variants
Tomas Marques-Bonet, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Analysis of expression data
Katja Nowick, University Leipzig, Germany

Promoter evolution
Annalisa Marsico, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Statistics & Inference
Stuart Baird, University Porto, Portugal

Introduction to Perl
Sofia Robb, University of California Riverside, USA

Phylogenomics
Rasmus Nielsen, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Rui Faria, University Porto, Portugal

Ensembl API
Bert Overduin, EMBL – European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

Introduction to databases
Jan Aerts, Leuven University, Belgium

Visualization of scientific data
Jan Aerts, Leuven University, Belgium

 

3 days final project

 

Invited speakers

Evolution of behavior
Sarah London, University of Chicago, USA

Evolutionary ecology
Claudia Acquisti, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany

Genotype to phenotype mapping
Ben Lehner, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

NGS of non-model organisms
Markus Pfenninger, Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Frankfurt, Germany

 

Teaching Assistants

Lydia Steiner – University Leipzig, Germany
Christian Arnold – University Leipzig, Germany
Rosalina Tincopa – University Leipzig, Germany
Stefano Berto – University Leipzig, Germany
Tiago Carvalho – University Porto, Portugal
Miguel Fonseca – University Porto, Portugal
Javier Prado – University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

 

Technical Support

Jens Steuck
Petra Pregel

 

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