The 2026 Workshop on Genomics will run from the 11th-24th of January, 2026 in Český Krumlov, Czechia.

This is the 15th time the Workshop on Genomics will be held in the Czech Republic

What is the Workshop on Genomics?

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). Join our Newsletter (bottom of this page) to get announcements, or stay updated through Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Facebook. 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.

Applications for 2026

  • Please click here to be added to the Waiting List for 2026. We will let you know if a space becomes available as soon as possible!

Early Bird Registration

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Equal Opportunities (EO) Funding

Schedule

Our schedule is currently being updated. Please check back our previous workshops for an idea of the schedule., e.g. 2025 schedule can be found here

Week 1 : 11-18 January, 2026

Date Day Time Presenter Topic LOCATION
11th Jan Sunday 18 – 22 Everyone Reception Dinner TBD
12th Jan Monday 09 – 12 Josie Paris Daniel Kintzl Introduction and Orientation Town Services Town Theatre
Monday 14 – 16 16 – 17 Olga Vinnere Pettersson Everyone Lecture: Sequencing Technologies Group Activity Town Theatre
Monday 19.30 – 22 Everyone Social Event: Dreams, Fantasy Dreams, and Genomics TBD
13th Jan Tuesday 09 – 12 Guy Leonard Mercè Montoliu Nerín AMIs, the Cloud, and Computing Introduction to UNIX House of Prelate
Tuesday 14 – 17 Petr Daněček Lab: Essential File Types in Genomics House of Prelate
Tuesday 19 – 22 Mercè Montoliu Nerín Lab: UNIX House of Prelate
14th Jan Wednesday 09 – 12 Benjamin Buchfink Lecture: Alignment Town Theatre
Wednesday 14 – 17 Camille Marchet & Antoine Limasset Lecture: Genome Assembly (Theory) Town Theatre
Wednesday 19 – 22 Camille Marchet & Antoine Limasset Lab: Genome Assembly (Practical) House of Prelate
15th Jan Thursday 09 – 12 Marcela Uliano-Silva Lecture: Wonders of Genome Assembly! Town Theatre
Thursday 14 – 17 Camilla Santos Lecture: Manual Curation of Genome Assemblies Town Theatre
Thursday 19 – 22 Petr Daněček Lab: Variant Calling (SNPs and SVs) House of Prelate
16th Jan Friday 09 – 12 Olga Vinnere Pettersson Lecture: Experimental Design in Genomics Town Theatre
Friday 14 – 17 Katharina Hoff Lecture: Genome Annotation (Theory) Town Theatre
Friday 19 – 22 Katharina Hoff Lab: Genome Annotation (Practical) House of Prelate
17th Jan Saturday 09 – 12 Chris Wheat Lecture: Lies, Damn Lies, and Genomics Town Theatre
Saturday 14 – 17 Dag Ahrén Lab: Best Practices in Genomics and Bioinformatics House of Prelate
Saturday 19 – late! Everyone Town Tour @ 19.00 Social Event: Mid-Workshop dinner @ 20.00 – TBD
18th Jan Sunday All Day Everyone Free Day Up to you!

Week 2 : 19-24 January, 2026

Date Day Time WHO Topic LOCATION
19th Jan Monday 09 – 12 Evan Eichler Lecture: Genome Structural Variation Town Theatre
Monday 14 – 17 Guy Leonard Lab: Genomics Adventure (learning consolidation) House of Prelate
Monday 19 – 22 Guy Leonard / Miloš Duchoslav Lab: Genomics Adventure (learning consolidation) OR An Introduction to R House of Prelate
20th Jan Tuesday 09 – 12 Brian Haas Lecture: Transcriptomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Transcriptomics Town Theatre
Tuesday 14 – 17 Claire Mérot Lab: Structural Variants House of Prelate
Tuesday 19 – 22 Madeline Chase Lab: Population Genomics House of Prelate
21st Jan Wednesday 09 – 12 Arnau Sebé Pedrós Lecture: Single Cell Genomics Town Theatre
Wednesday 14 – 17 Nathan Clark Lab: Comparative Genomics House of Prelate
Wednesday 19 – 22 Rachel Steward Lab: Transcriptomics & Gene Expression Analyses House of Prelate
22nd Jan Thursday 09 – 12 Maliheh Mehrshad Lecture: Metagenomics & Metatranscriptomics Town Theatre
Thursday 14 – 17 Scott Handley Lecture: Using LLMs in Bioinformatics Town Theatre
Thursday 19 – 22 Rosa Fernández Lecture: Phylogenomics House of Prelate
23rd Jan Friday 09 – 12 Nathan Clark Lecture: Evolutionary Adaptation & Comparative Genomics Town Theatre
Friday 14 – 17 Everyone Social Event: Round Table Discussions, T-shirts and certificates House of Prelate
Friday 19 – 22 Everyone Social Event: End of Workshop Party You decide!
24th Jan Saturday All Day Everyone Departure
The Workshop on Genomics 2026 is organised by:
  • Josephine Paris, Director. University of Milan, Italy and Colorado State University, US
  • Mercè Montoliu Nerín, Associate Director. Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
  • Joan Ferrer Obiol, Faculty Liaison. Colorado State University, US
  • Guy Leonard, Lead Developer. University of Oxford, UK
  • Miloš Duchoslav, Content Support and Local Operations Liaison. Charles University in Prague, Czechia
  • Daniel Kintzl, Český Krumlov Coordinator
  • Scott Handley, evomics Director. Washington University, US
Assisted by the Scientific Advisory Board: evomics is an Associated Partner of the European Reference Genome Atlas