DPEE Activities

Activities

Activities in the DPEE are divided in three basic categories:

Scientific knowledge (K): scientific seminar series, workshops for improvement of scientific knowledge, topic groups, national and international congresses.
Methodological improvement (M): workshops and courses on specific methods and softwares (e.g. statistical or phylogenetic course), scientific exchanges to learn new methods.
Acquisition and reinforcement of skills (S): courses/workshops for reinforcement of expertise (e.g. scientific writing, scientific presentation, developing a grant proposal).

Activities are primarily for PhD students belonging to the DPEE. If there are places available, master students, PhD students, postdocs and academics from CUSO Universities can attend for free but traveling/accommodation expenses cannot be reimbursed.

Scientific knowledge (K)

Methodological improvement (M)

Acquisition and reinforcement of skills (S)

Cat.	Title	Location	Speakers	Dates	Places
M	Advanced Programming With R	UNIL, Room Cubotron III 233	Dr Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB	1794178800 Nov 9-10, 2026	0 / 24
M	Stochastic Hybrid Models of Community Dynamics	EAWAG, Kastanienbaum	Dr. Leonardo Aguirre, EAWAG	1794783600 Nov 16-18, 2026	7 / 15
M	Nextflow in Action: Build Smarter, Faster, Reproducible Pipelines (SIB)	online	Jeferyd Yepes-Garcia, UNIFR & SIB	1794956400 Nov 18-19, 2026	15 / 15
K	Genomics and Society	UNIGE, Sciences II, room 4-449	Dr Kostas Kampourakis, UNIGE	1795129200 Nov 20, 27 & Dec 4, 2026	5 / 15
M	Evolutionary Algorithms: Applications in Data Science and Population Genomics	University of Geneva, Sciences II, 4 - 404	Dr Oscar Lao, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Spanish National Research Council - Pompeu Fabra University	1795993200 Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2026	8 / 15
S	Scientific Writing Workshop	online	Dr Kaycie Butler, ButlerSciComm	1796857200 December 10-11 & 14, 2026 COMPLET/FULL	22 / 20
K	[REPORT DEMANDÉ] Advanced Studies in Systematics 2027	Conservatory and Botanical Gardens of Geneva (CJBG)	Dre Alice Cibois, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève (MHNG) Dr Andreas Schmitz, MHNG Dr Mathieu Perret, CJBG & UNIGE Dr Fred Stauffer, CJBG & UNIGE Dre Yamama Naciri, CJBG & UNIGE Dr Charles Pouchon, CJBG Mme Nathalie Rasolofo, CJBG Dr Emmanuel Toussaint, MHNG Dr Juan Carlos Zamora, CJBG	1798671600 Spring 2027	0 / 8
K	[ANNULÉ] Introduction to Decision Making for Applied Ecology and Conservation	UNIBE	Dr John Ewen, Zoological Society London, UK Prof Antoine Guisan, UNIL Dr Stefano Canessa, UNIBE Dr Virgilio Hermoso, University of Seville, ES Dr Alejandra Morán Ordoñez, University of Barcelona, ES Dr Benedikt Schmidt, UZ	1768086000 TBC	0 / 12
M	Molecular Population Genetics Training Course	UNIGE, Sciences II, 4th floor, room 457	Dr Jose Manuel Nunes, UNIGE Dr Estella Poloni, UNIGE Dr Mathias Currat, UNIGE Dr Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, UNIGE	1768172400 Jan 12-16, 2026	8 / 9
M	Reproductible and Collaborative Data Analysis with R	UNIBE	Dr. Sergio Vignali, UNIBE	1768777200 Jan 19-21, 2026	11 / 15
K	3rd Annual Swiss Cam Trap Meeting	University of Fribourg		1769036400 Jan 22, 2026	9 / 15
M	Computer Skills for Biological Research: Introduction to GNU/Linux and Bash Scripting	UNIGE, Sciences II, room 4-457	Dr Mathias Currat, UNIGE Dr Jose Manuel Nunes, UNIGE	1770591600 Feb 9-13, 2026 COMPLET/FULL	9 / 8
K	Biology 2026	Neuchâtel	Christian Kropf Margarita López-Uribe Tim Hofmeester Renske Onstein Mark Blaxter	1770850800 Feb 12-13, 2026 COMPLET/FULL	67 / 45
M	Introduction to R	UNIGE, Sciences II, room 4-404	Dr José Manuel Nunes, UNIGE Dr Nicolas Hulo, UNIGE	1772665200 March 5-6 & 19-20, 2026	4 / 20
S	Careers in Conservation Day 2026	UNIL		1773010800 March 9, 2026	10 / 30
M	Data Visualization with R	UNIL - Amphipole 334	Dr Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB	1774821600 March 30-31, 2026	4 / 9
M	AI for Article Writing: a Soft Toolbox	UNIL, Amphipôle 338	Dr. Romain-Daniel Gosselin, DataBio	1774994400 April 1-2, 2026 COMPLET/FULL	4 / 3
K	Population Ecology for Conservation	UNINE	Prof Jacob Koella, UNINE	1777327200 April 28-30, 2026	8 / 10
M	NGS - Genome Variant Analysis (SIB)	Basel	Dr Geert van Geest, SIB	1781128800 June 11-12, 2026 COMPLET/FULL	5 / 4
M	Advanced Computer Skills	Leysin, Hotel Alpine Classic	Dr José de Abreu Nunes, UNIGE Dr Nicolas Hulo, UNIGE	1783893600 July 13-16, 2026	11 / 15
K	Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Behavioural Flexibility	Fafleralp	Keynote Speakers: Karen Spencer - St Andrews University Herwig Baier - MPI Biological Intelligence Marta Moita - Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown David Wheatcroft - Stockholm University	1787090400 Aug 19-21, 2026	12 / 15
M	Introduction to R	UNIGE	Dr José Manuel Nunes, UNIGE Dr Nicolas Hulo, UNIGE 4 assistants (1 assistant for ~4 participants)	1789336800 Sept 14-15 & 21-22, 2026	19 / 20
M	Teaching and Learning Science	UNIGE, Sciences II, room S4-404	Dr Kostas Kampourakis, UNIGE	1789682400 Sept 18 & 25, Oct 2, 2026	6 / 15
M	Statistical Exploration and Measurement of Biodiversity with R	UNIL	Dr. Sébastien Ollier, UNIL Tristan Klaftenberger, UNIL	1791237600 Oct 6-8, 2026 COMPLET/FULL	15 / 14