Summer School “Polyploid evolutionary genomics: challenges & opportunities” Fribourg, Switzerland
Registration for a summer school covering main hypotheses in polyploidy research and how to address them, from field sampling to analyses of genomic variation, is now open: https://events.unifr.ch/summerschool_polyploidy/en/
Organized at the University of Fribourg from 10 to 20 July 2023 with leading scientists from multiple international institutions, the summer school starts with a symposium (10-11 July 2023), entitled “Genome duplication at the intersection of biodiversity and crop sciences”. Invited lectures and contributed talks will illustrate the current state of the field. The symposium is open to all scientists.
The practical training of the summer school (12-20 July 2023) consists of the three additional modules entitled “from samples to data”, “polyploid genomes” and “polyploid populations” that mix theoretical sessions and hands-on work. Open to selected participants, it will operate main tasks necessary in polyploid research using datasets to be provided by lecturers. Participants have the opportunity to analyze their own data.
Registration fees for the Symposium (CHF 100) or for the whole Summer School (CHF 350; half-pension). Deadline for registration: 16.04.2023
Further details about the venue, program and registration can be found at: https://events.unifr.ch/summerschool_polyploidy/en/
Confirmed lecturers:
Christian Parisod (local organizer; University of Fribourg, Switzerland) https://www.unifr.ch/bio/en/research/genetics/parisod-group.html
Yves van de Peer (Ghent University, Belgium) https://www.vandepeerlab.org/
Kirsten Bomblies (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland) https://impb.ethz.ch/research/research-evo.html
Boulos Chalhoub (Agroscope, Switzerland) https://www.agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/en/home/about-us/organization/competence-divisions-strategic-research-divisions/plant-breeding/field-crop-breeding-genetic-resources.html
Malika Ainouche (University of Rennes, France) https://ecobio.univ-rennes.fr/interlocuteurs/malika-ainouche
Andrew R. Leitch (Queen Mary University of London, UK) https://evolve.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/leitch/
François Felber (Musée et Jardins botaniques cantonaux in Lausanne, Switzerland) https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/research/associated-researcher–priva/dr-francois-felber.html
Kentaro Shimizu (University of Zurich, Switzerland) https://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/research/evolbiol/ecogenomics.html
Martin Lascoux (Uppsala University, Sweden) https://www.ieg.uu.se/plant/lascoux-group/
Armel Salmon (University of Rennes, France) https://ecobio.univ-rennes.fr/interlocuteurs/armel-salmon