Ancient DNA: A Time-Machine to Study Evolution Hands-on training

August 29, 2018

Prof. Daniel Wegmann, University of Fribourg (CH)

Dr. Zuzana Hofmanová, University of Fribourg (CH)

Prof. Laurent Excoffier, University of Bern (CH)

Prof. Daniel Wegmann, University of Fribourg (CH)

Dr. Zuzana Hofmanová, University of Fribourg (CH)

While the sequencing of DNA extracted from fossils has been attempted since 1983, several technological revolutions such as rigorous lab practices and the availability of next-generation sequencing now make it possible to obtain high-quality ancient DNA data for many organisms. This opens up an unprecedented opportunity to include data from multiple time points when studying evolutionary processes such as past demographic events or the action of selection.
In this course we will discuss bioinformatic challenges that arise from ancient DNA data such as Post-Mortem Damage, short read length and usually low depth. Using a series of practical exercises we will then learn how to account for these challenges in the analysis, and in particular by using the software ATLAS.
This hands-on session is aimed to interested students focusing on the analysis of ancient DNA data. It is part of the Ancient DNA: A Time-machine to Study Evolution workshop.

Bern (BE)

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Active participation

When?
August 29, 2018

Where?
University of Bern

Please bring your own laptop

This practical course is linked to the workshop on Ancient DNA, and participants are warmly recommended to follow both!
Info and registration for the workshop available here

Questions?
Marta Bellone
@: [email protected]
Phone: +41 (0)26 300 88 91

For those attending both the practical training and the workshop in Leukerbad, a collective transfer will be organized from Bern to Leukerbad at the end of the training.

Reimbursement: PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) with the reimbursement form to:

 Marta Bellone
 Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution
 PER04 building
 University of Fribourg
 Chemin du musée, 10
 CH-1700 Fribourg

Deadline: August 5, 2018

This practical course is linked to the workshop on Ancient DNA, and participants are warmly recommended to follow both!
Info and registration for the workshop available here

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