Introductory Course

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

Prerequisites: We strongly recommend basic knowledge of programming skills.

Course dates 2022:

Dates: Sept. 01 - Oct 04, 2022

Schedule: here (modifications may occur)

Location: Institut für Populationsgenetik, Vetmeduni Vienna
Library/computer room, 4th floor of building HA

Covid measures: FFP2 masks (further measures tba)

Campus map here

Schedule summary:

Week 1
Sequencing technology - Christian Schlötterer
Alignments, UNIX - Robert Kofler
Experimental evolution - Neda Barghi
Population genetics - Christian Schlötterer
Python & NGS analysis - Robert Kofler

Week 2
Population genetics - Christian Schlötterer
Statistical practice in R - Manolis Lirakis
Python & NGS analysis - Robert Kofler
Statistical concepts - Andreas Futschik
Probability - Claus Vogl

Week 3
Probability - Claus Vogl
Statistical practice in R - Manolis Lirakis
Population genetics - Christian Schlötterer
PopGen problems - Claus Vogl & Ioanna Kotari
RNAseq - Ovidiu Paun

Week 4
PopGen problems - Claus Vogl & Ioanna Kotari
Evolution of sex chromosomes - Barbara Wallner
Phylogenetics - Rui Borges
Introduction to the Coalescent - Joachim Hermisson
Neutrality Tests - Joachim Hermisson

Week 5
Population Structure, Clines - Reinhard Bürger
Speciation  - Barbara Wallner
Quantitative Genetics I - Marlies Dolezal
Quantitative Genetics II - Magnus Nordborg & tba
Quantitative Genetics III - Kelly Swarts & tba