Introductory Course

External students from Austrian universities are also welcome to attend: for registration and details, please send us an email. International students: please inquire by email and find out about registration, university paper work etc.

Prerequisites: We strongly recommend basic knowledge of programming skills.

Course dates 2025:

Dates: Sept. 01 - Oct 02, 2025

Location: Institut für Populationsgenetik, Vetmeduni Vienna

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Schedule summary - tentative

Week 1
Probability - Claus Vogl
Statistical concepts - Andreas Futschik
Statistical practice in R - Manolis Lirakis
Alignments, UNIX - Robert Kofler

Week 2
Population genetics - Christian Schlötterer
Python & NGS analysis - Robert Kofler
SLiM - Changyi Xiao
Quantitative Genetics I - Marlies Dolezal

Week 3
Population genetics - Christian Schlötterer
PopGen problems - Claus Vogl
Introduction to the coalescent - Joachim Hermisson
Neutrality tests - Joachim Hermisson
Polygenic adaptation - Himani Sachdeva

Week 4
Polygenic adaptation - Himani Sachdeva
PopGen problems - Claus Vogl
Intro to machine learning - Rui Borges
Python & NGS analysis - Robert Kofler
Speciation - Barbara Wallner
Sequencing technology - Christian Schlötterer
Quantitative Genetics II - Magnus Nordborg & Tom Ellis
Quant. Genetics II (GWAS) - Magnus Nordborg & Tom Ellis

Week 5
Quantitative Genetics III - Kelly Swarts
Quant. Genetics III (research design) - Kelly Swarts
EvolVienna Meeting
RNAseq - Yiwen Chen
Experimental Evolution - Neda Barghi

Last updated: June 30, 2025