The 2024 Workshop on Genomics is being held 7-20th of January, 2024 in Český Krumlov, Czech Republic. This is the 13th time the Workshop of Genomics will be held in the Czech Republic. After two editions of the workshop being held in the spring, the workshop returns to its original winter setting!
Applications are now OPEN!
Apply now! (Deadline: 18th of October, 23:59 CEST)
Our philosophy is to train participants in the most relevant topics in genomics, in a vibrant, immersive and inclusive environment. The Workshop on Genomics was developed in response to the increasing demand for training on how to effectively analyse and manage data generated by modern sequencing technologies. The Workshop curriculum includes extensive coverage of fundamental techniques required of all studies utilising modern sequencing data. While the Workshop on Genomics topics may change from year-to-year, efforts are made to devote time to techniques being used widely in the field (e.g. genomics study design, genome assembly, genome annotation, alignment, variant calling).
Workshop Information
The Workshop registration fee is $1,950. We provide approximately 90 hours of teaching during the two week workshop. Our price is therefore approximately $22 an hour. Note that this amount does not cover travel, lodging or boarding.
Many important details regarding fees and other information can be read on our FAQ page.
Equal Opportunities Funding
Check your elegibility to apply for the equal opportunities bursaries, which may grant you a full coverage of the workshop costs (scheme 1), or the payment of half the registration fee (scheme 2). Read carefully the bursaries information page before applying!
The EO funding applications are open now!
If you apply to the EO funding and select the option to be considered as a standard application as well, your application will move to the main application stream if your EO funding application is unsuccessful. Therefore, you are not required to send two applications. You will be required to obtain your own funds for the main application.
The Workshop on Genomics 2024 is organised by:
Josephine Paris, Director, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
Rayan Chikhi, Course Engineer, Institut Pasteur, France
Joan Ferrer Obiol, Faculty Liaison, University of Milan, Italy
Guy Leonard, Lead Developer, University of Oxford, UK
Mercè Montoliu Nerín, Equality, Diversity, and Outreach, Uppsala University, Sweden
Daniel Kintzl, Český Krumlov Coordinator
Scott Handley, Evomics Director, Washington University, US
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Week 1 : 7-14 January, 2024
| Date | Day | Time | Presenter | Topic | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Jan | Sunday | 18 – 22 | Everyone | Reception | Hotel Zlaty Andel |
| 8th Jan | Monday | 09 – 12 | Josie Paris
Daniel Kintzl |
Introduction and Orientation
Town Services |
Town Theatre |
| Monday | 14 – 17 | Mike Zody | Sequencing Technology and Study Design | Town Theatre | |
| Monday | 19 – 22 | Everyone | Dreams, Fantasy Dreams, and Genomics | Egon Schiele Museum | |
| 9th Jan | Tuesday | 09 – 12 | Workshop Team | AMI Introduction and Starting with UNIX | Town Theatre |
| Tuesday | 14 – 17 | Mercè Montoliu Nerín | UNIX | House of Prelate | |
| Tuesday | 19 – 22 | Mercè Montoliu Nerín | UNIX | House of Prelate | |
| 10th Jan | Wednesday | 09 – 12 | Rayan Chikhi | Alignment | Town Theatre |
| Wednesday | 14 – 17 | TBC | Genome Annotation: theory and principles | Town Theatre | |
| Wednesday | 19 – 22 | Katharina Hoff (TBC) | Genome Annotation practical | House of Prelate | |
| 11th Jan | Thursday | 09 – 12 | Camille Marchet & Antoine Limasset | Genome Assembly: theory and principles | Town Theatre |
| Thursday | 14 – 17 | Camille Marchet & Antoine Limasset | Genome Assembly practical | House of Prelate | |
| Thursday | 19 – 22 | Mike Zody | Essential File Types in Bioinformatics | House of Prelate | |
| 12th Jan | Friday | 09 – 12 | Erik Garrison | Variant Calling | House of Prelate |
| Friday | 14-17 | Fritz Sedlazeck | Structural Variant Calling | House of Prelate | |
| Friday | 19 – 22 | Guy Leonard | Genomics Adventure | House of Prelate | |
| 14th Jan | Saturday | 09 – 12 | Erik Garrison | Pangenomics | House of Prelate |
| Saturday | 14 – 17 | Rayan Chikhi | BIG Data | House of Prelate | |
| Saturday | 18 – 22 | Everyone | Town Tour
Dinner |
Town Square | |
| 14th Jan | Sunday | All Day | Everyone | Free Day | Up to you! |
Week 2 : 15-20 January, 2024
| Date | Day | Time | WHO | Topic | FORMAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th Jan | Monday | 09 – 12 | Brian Haas | Transcriptomics and Single-cell Transcriptomics | Town Theatre |
| Monday | 14 – 17 | Workshop Team | Introduction to R | ||
| Monday | 19 – 22 | Rachel Steward | Analysis of RNASeq Data | House of Prelate | |
| 16th Jan | Tuesday | 09 – 12 | Sonya Dyhrman | Genomics in the Ocean | Town Theatre |
| Tuesday | 14 – 17 | Vincenza Colonna | Population Genomics | House of Prelate | |
| Tuesday | 19 – 22 | David Barnett | Microbiome Analysis | House of Prelate | |
| 17h Jan | Wednesday | 09 – 12 | Marcela Uliano-Silva | Genome Assembly | Town Theatre |
| Wednesday | 14 – 17 | Francesco Cicconardi | Comparative Genomics | House of Prelate | |
| Wednesday | 19 – 22 | Workshop Team | Open Lab / Genomics Adventure | House of Prelate | |
| 18th Jan | Thursday | 09 – 12 | Evan Eichler | Genome Structural Variation | Town Theatre |
| Thursday | 14 – 17 | TBC | Best Practices in Handling Genomic Data | House of Prelate | |
| Thursday | 19 – 22 | Rosa Fernández | Phylogenomics | House of Prelate | |
| 19th Jan | Friday | 09 – 12 | Chris Wheat | Lies, Damn Lies, and Genomics | Egon Schiele Museum |
| Friday | 14 – 17 | Everyone | Round Table Discussions, Tshirts and Certificates | Egon Schiele Museum | |
| Friday | 19:30 – 22 | Everyone | End of Workshop Party | You Decide! | |
| 20th Jan | Saturday | All Day | Everyone | Departure |