ETH/Evoltree course "Genomics of environmental adaptation" January 2025

ETH/Evoltree course "Genomics of environmental adaptation"
27-31 January 2025, WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland (close to Zürich).

This five-day winter school aims at teaching advanced Master students, PhD students and post-doctoral researchers on aspects of the genomics of environmental adaptation. It provides both theoretical background and hands-on exercises in R on major topics of contemporary environmental genomics such as outlier analysis or genotype–environment associations. 

Tentative program:
Day 1:
- Genomic markers and NGS techniques
- Selection, neutral and adaptive genetic diversity, genetic drift, population genetic structure
Day 2: 
- Outlier analysis
Day 3:
- Environmental data
- Genotype-environment associations (GEA)
Day 4:
- Genotype-environment associations (GEA)
- Genomic offset
Day 5:
- Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- Follow-up analyses

Knowledge of R is a pre-requisite.
Teachers: Christian Rellstab, Felix Gugerli, Benjamin Dauphin, Christine Grossen

There are four seats available for Evoltree participants as well as four guest rooms to stay at WSL.
To apply for these seats please write a very short motivation letter to Christian Rellstab (max ½ page) where you explain why you are interested in this course (christian.rellstab_at_wsl.ch).
Deadline: 15.12.2024.