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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251213
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SUMMARY:No Frontiers in Microbial Ecology: The role of microbiomes in a sustainable future for our planet
DESCRIPTION:Scope\nMicrobial communities are vital to life on Earth. These “invisible creatures” catalyze global elemental cycles\, regulate climate\, and support human and environmental health and thereby play a critical role in mitigating climate change\, ensuring sustainable food and energy production as well as sustainable industrial production. \nThis one-week course explores the dynamic interplay between microbiomes and their environments\, focusing on their contributions to sustainability. Participants will tackle critical questions: How do microbial communities influence climate regulation\, nitrogen and carbon cycling\, and how they play in mitigating or exacerbating climate change? How can microbiomes support sustainable agriculture by enhancing soil fertility and health\, improving crop resilience\, and reducing reliance on chemical inputs? What potential do microbial ecosystems hold for sustainable energy production\, while minimizing environmental impacts? How can microbiome science be applied to solve challenges in waste management and resource conservation? How can we steer microbiomes to reach these goals? It may not give clear answers\, but lots of new ideas\, insights\, perspectives\, friends and research directions\, we expect. More than enough reasons to participate in this course! \nCourse set-up\nThe course is composed of a series of lectures\, subsequent discussions\, working group activities\, and poster sessions. The course will start on Sunday in the late afternoon (4 PM) with welcome drinks\, a dinner\, and poster pitches.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/no-frontiers-in-microbial-ecology-the-role-of-microbiomes-in-a-sustainable-future-for-our-planet/
LOCATION:Parkhotel De Bosrand\, Bosrand 28\, Ede\, 6718 ZN\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Programming in R
DESCRIPTION:Monday 3\, Friday 7\, Monday 10 and Friday 14 November 2025\nScope\nExtend participants’ basic knowledge of R by teaching them more advanced programming concepts and the use of R for more complex problem solving\, going beyond just statistics. This course is for participants who want to deepen their knowledge of R programming and be able to use R to deal efficiently with computational problems and programming tasks. Participants will also gain more knowledge on working with R data structures and solving common problems\, like working with and manipulating factors\, extracting information from statistical models\, working with other types of data (textual\, time and dates) and handling multiple data files. \nHighlights\nIntroduction to control flow and conditional logic in R\nCreating your own functions\, understanding anonymous functions\nIntroduction to functional programming with the package “purrr”\nWorking with factors\nWorking with the file system (importing\, transforming and combining multiple files)\nDebugging R code\nWorking with dates\, times\nShort introduction to creating reproducible documents (RMarkdown/Quarto) \nImportant\nThis course is not meant for R beginners. We strongly recommend that you first take part in our Introduction to R and R Studio workshop. Ideally\, you also have exposure to the tidyverse from our Tidy Data workshop\, but this is not required. Even self-taught R users are encouraged to first follow the introductory workshop to get a strong foundation of the basics that this course builds on.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/intermediate-programming-in-r/
CATEGORIES:External courses,Recurring events biannual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251024
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250605T084926Z
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UID:3758-1760918400-1761263999@graduateschool-eps.info
SUMMARY:Big Data Analysis in the Life Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Background\nTechnological and scientific advances have pushed the Life Sciences into the BIG data era. The increased volume and heterogeneity of available data challenges scientists to master techniques for comprehensive data analysis. Extracting meaningful (biological) information from large datasets is increasingly becoming a challenge in all fields of life sciences. Thus\, the ability to select and deploy analysis tools and algorithms has become an indispensable skill for all researchers. In this course\, we aim to introduce participants to techniques for comprehensive data analysis of large\, heterogeneous datasets and extract relevant information for elucidating biological design principles. The course is modular and focuses on data generation\, mining\, analysis\, data integration\, and visualization. \nTarget group\nThis course is aimed at anyone working with big datasets in the life sciences who has an interest in learning more about tools and possibilities for big data analysis. The course is introductory. \nRequired knowledge: Basic knowledge of statistics. \nPrerequisite: Experience in computer programming would be useful but is not mandatory. Computer practicals will require using R. An R tutorial will be sent in advance to ensure that all participants have the required starting level.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/big-data-analysis-in-the-life-sciences/
LOCATION:Wageningen Campus\, Droevendaalsesteeg 4\, Wageningen\, Gelderland\, 6708 PB\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260625
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250605T084223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T084223Z
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SUMMARY:NanoBioPhysX course
DESCRIPTION:Course outline\nAs part of the course\, participants will organize one meet-the-speaker session\, be the chair of the meeting\, and write a small popular science feature about the seminar. Scientific Communication (SciComm) to non-experts has become an important transferable skill that every scientist should master. The popular science feature is therefore aimed at the general public\, and it will communicate the research presented by the invited speaker in an accessible way. It will be sent to Resource for publication\, posted on the NanoBioPhysX club website and further publicized via social media. Furthermore\, a workshop popular science communication is organised once per year. Successful completion of the course is based on the active participation in seminars and meet-the-speaker sessions\, the organization and chairing of meet-the-speaker sessions\, and the written feature. \nThis course aims to:\nImmerse participants in an interdisciplinary scientific environment and widen their scientific horizon.\nFoster scientific discussion and develop an interdisciplinary fundamental scientific community.\nGain societal outreach experience and improve popular science writing targeted at the general public. \nTarget group\nPhD candidates working on fundamental topics (experiment or theory) within the crossover field of nanotechnology\, biology\, physics and chemistry\, interested in broadening their academic scope and societal reach.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/nanobiophysx-course/
LOCATION:Wageningen Campus\, Droevendaalsesteeg 4\, Wageningen\, Gelderland\, 6708 PB\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250925
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250814T180934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T181456Z
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SUMMARY:Plant Chemical Communication: Integrating Perspectives from  Molecules to Ecosystem Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Bilateral Japan-Netherlands Joint Research Seminars: \nPlant Chemical Communication: Integrating Perspectives from Molecules to Ecosystem Dynamics \nsupported by NWO and JSPS \nJoin us for a three-day conference exploring the molecular and ecological aspects of plant chemical communication. Leading scientists from Japan and the Netherlands will present their latest findings on how plants interact with the diverse organisms that surround and depend on them. The seminar will offer space for engaging discussions\, the exchange of fresh perspectives\, and opportunities to connect with fellow researchers. \n Would you like to present your work? \nWe’re looking for early-career researchers who want to share their work as part of the young researchers’ seminar. This will take place on tuesday afternoon the 23rd or September. To sign up for a flash talk (~ 5 minutes) or a short talk (~10-15 minutes)\, please fill in this sign-up form before the 1st of  September. \n Keynote speakers: \n\nJunji Takabayashi\, Kyoto University\, Center for Ecological Research\nRobert Schuurink\, University of Amsterdam\, Department of Plant Physiology\n\nDate:  22.09.2025 – 24.09.2025\nLocation: New University Library\, Vendelstraat 2 – 8\, 1012 XX Amsterdam \nFee: 100 euros (including lunches and drinks) \nThe number of participants will be limited to 70. \nRegister
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/plant-chemical-communication-integrating-perspectives-from-molecules-to-ecosystem-dynamics/
LOCATION:New University Library\, Amsterdam\, The Netherlands\, Vendelstraat 2-8\, Amsterdam\, 1012xx\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250820T080327Z
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SUMMARY:Collaboratieve workshops: Science for policy
DESCRIPTION:On 16 September\, 30 September and 14 October\, NWO is organising three collaborative workshops for the NWA Call ‘Science for policy’. Knowledge from research is essential for effective policy\, but is not always optimally used or complemented by new insights. This NWA programme focuses on strengthening and improving the interaction between knowledge and policy. \n\n\n\n\n\nAim of the Call\nThe purpose of this NWA programme is to investigate how knowledge from research can be optimally used by the government. This helps to better understand complex societal issues\, tackle them more effectively and efficiently and learn from this deployment. For this purpose\, current and possible new forms of interaction between the worlds of knowledge and policy are examined. It also examines how these forms of cooperation can be strengthened and what this should yield: better utilisable knowledge and better knowledge utilisation.  \n  \nCollaborative workshop 1 \nDate: 16 September 2025\, 12.00-17.00\nLocation: Jaarbeurs Utrecht \nCollaborative workshop 2\nDate: 30 September 2025\, 12.00-17.00 hours\nLocation: Jaarbeurs Utrecht \nCollaborative workshop 3 \nDate: 14 October 2025\, 12.00-17.00\nLocation: Jaarbeurs Utrecht \n\nRegistration: open
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/collaboratieve-workshops-science-for-policy/
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250627
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250515T121559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T142201Z
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SUMMARY:EMBL course: Data visualisation for biology
DESCRIPTION:This course will give insights into\, and practical experience in\, data visualisation for exploring complex and multi-dimensional biological data. \nBiological and life sciences data often consists of multiple dimensions: a combination of numerical values\, ordered data\, categories\, and time-series. To make sense of this data\, simple plots like scatterplots\, barcharts\, and boxplots are often not enough. Still\, visualisation is critical in gaining deep insight into the data. This is why many custom visualisations originated in the biological field. \nIn this course\, we will dive into the topic of visualisation of complex biological data and how it can be used to gain insight into and get a “feel” for a dataset\, so that targeted analyses can be defined. It will be delivered through a mixture of lectures and workshop sessions\, and will provide hands-on experience in developing visualisations. The course will focus on working with omics (e.g. genomics\, transcriptomics) data rather than e.g. imaging data.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/embl-course-data-visualisation-for-biology/
LOCATION:EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)\, Campus\, EMBL-EBI Main Building\, \, Wellcome Genome\, Hinxton\, CB10 1SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250621
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250515T100113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T142218Z
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SUMMARY:EMBL course: Data science for life scientists
DESCRIPTION:This course will introduce life scientists to practical data science topics used in life sciences\, such as data handling and visualisation\, statistical analysis\, application of AI\, and use of publicly available databases. \nYou will initially be introduced to data science theory and practice\, including best practices for undertaking analyses\, data management\, and reproducibility. \nThe course will provide hands-on training in tools and resources appropriate to your research\, including introducing the use of Python for handling and visualising data\, statistical analysis\, and the application of machine learning.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/embl-course-data-science-for-life-scientists/
LOCATION:EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)\, Campus\, EMBL-EBI Main Building\, \, Wellcome Genome\, Hinxton\, CB10 1SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250721
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250515T095758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T142226Z
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SUMMARY:EMBL course: Imaging-based spatial-omics
DESCRIPTION:The aim of the course is to provide participants a comprehensive introduction to the various methods of spatial-omics and in particular those of multiplex immunofluorescence and spatial transcriptomics. We want to provide a general overview of the methods and assist researchers choose the right method for their needs. \nWith hands-on practicals\, the course will teach participants how to carry out open-source imaging-based methods for cost-effective spatial transcriptomics and multiplex immunofluorescence. The course will cover all experimental stages\, including custom reagent preparation\, sample preparation and data acquisition (with various microscopy modalities) as well as image processing and basic data analysis.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/embl-course-imaging-based-spatial-omics/
LOCATION:EMBL Advanced Training Centre\, Meyerhogstrasse 1\, Heidelberg\, 69117\, Germany
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250607
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
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SUMMARY:EMBL course: Whole transcriptome data analysis
DESCRIPTION:This course will teach biological researchers how to analyse biological data sets using open-source software. Most of the analysis will be performed with docker4seq and rCASC packages\, which were developed to facilitate the use of computing demanding applications in the field of NGS data analysis. Docker4seq and rCASC packages use docker containers that embed demanding computing tasks (e.g. short reads mapping) into isolated containers. \nThis approach provides multiple advantages: the user does not need to install all the software on its local server\, the results generated by different containers can be organised in pipelines\, and reproducible research is guarantee by the possibility of sharing the docker images used for the analysis. \nComputers for hands-on exercises will be provided along with demo data sets.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/embl-course-whole-transcriptome-data-analysis/
LOCATION:EMBL Advanced Training Centre\, Meyerhogstrasse 1\, Heidelberg\, 69117\, Germany
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250524
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250515T093938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T142234Z
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SUMMARY:EMBL course: Introduction to metabolomics analysis
DESCRIPTION:This course will provide an introduction to metabolomics through lectures and hands-on sessions\, using publicly available data\, software\, and tools. Participants will become familiar with standardised workflows as well as with the current state of experimental design\, data acquisition (LC-MS\, MS imaging)\, processing\, and modelling. In addition\, they will learn about community standards and sharing in metabolomics\, particularly through the use of EMBL-EBI’s MetaboLights repository and Galaxy infrastructure. Participants will learn through hands-on tutorials to use tools available for data analysis and data submission. Additionally\, case studies will be discussed to show how to employ the week’s learning.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/embl-course-introduction-to-metabolomics-analysis/
LOCATION:EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)\, Campus\, EMBL-EBI Main Building\, \, Wellcome Genome\, Hinxton\, CB10 1SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250522
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250515T093124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T142435Z
UID:3605-1747699200-1747871999@graduateschool-eps.info
SUMMARY:BioSB conference
DESCRIPTION:BioSB organises an annual scientific conference\, the Dutch Bioinformatics and Systems BIology conference. The BioSB conferences discuss the latest developments in bioinformatics\, systems and computational biology and interrelated disciplines\, and their wide-ranging applications in life sciences & health\, agriculture\, food & nutrition. \nIt is a vibrant 2-day conference because of its informality and its excellent mix of established academics\, young researchers and industry participants.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/biosb-conference/
LOCATION:Castle ‘de Berckt’ in Baarl\, De Berckt 1\, Baarlo\, Limburg\, 5991 PD\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:External courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250524
DTSTAMP:20260707T103935
CREATED:20250515T091410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T142242Z
UID:3595-1747526400-1748044799@graduateschool-eps.info
SUMMARY:EMBL course: Advanced fluorescence imaging techniques
DESCRIPTION:This practical course will cover advanced light microscopy techniques and participants will learn how to derive qualitative and quantitative insights on molecular mechanisms in mechanisms in cells\, tissues and developing organisms. Invited guest researchers together with microscopy experts from EMBL will foster an intense information flow with a balance of lectures and practical workshops. The focus of the course will be on the use of fluorescence microscopy to obtain information about localisation and functions of proteins and other bio-molecules at different spatial scales.
URL:https://graduateschool-eps.info/event/embl-course-advanced-fluorescence-imaging-techniques/
LOCATION:EMBL Advanced Training Centre\, Meyerhogstrasse 1\, Heidelberg\, 69117\, Germany
CATEGORIES:External courses
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