[GenABEL-dev] Summer school in statistical omics

[Yury Aulchenko]

Dear All,

Sorry for off-topic, but I was wondering if some of you (especially these involved in teaching and training) may be interested in information about summer school we are organizing. May be good for your students! The deadline is however close. See below and also the link http://school.statisticalomics.org

Yurii 

Summer School in Statistical Omics 2014, to be held in Split, Croatia, from Aug 1 to 15, 2014. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2014. 

The School of Statistical Omics aims to train new generation of omics scientists. The School consists of project-based training-through-research and series of lectures designed to introduce students with biological/biomedical/biochemical background to statistical analyses of multiple omics datasets. With the development of high-throughput technologies in the recent years, the field of biology has become data-rich field and, consequently, there is an increasing need for biologists trained in data analysis. The aim of this highly intensive School is training of a new generation of the Statistical Omics scientists. In two weeks of work on a cutting-edge scientific projects participants will be introduced to highly relevant real-world problems related to the fields of glycomics and genomics and gain experience of programming in R programming language.
Selected participants will spend two weeks working on a project in a small groups of up to 5 students. Morning sessions are planned for the lectures that are intended to give overview of the current state-of-the-art methods used in the field and corresponding theoretical background for practical sessions that will be held in the afternoons. First two days are dedicated to introduction to the field of Statistical Omics and selection of projects. All projects will be presented by project leaders and students will choose the project they wish to work on. The groups will be formed balancing between personal choices and equal distribution of participants on all projects. Each group will consist of up to 5 students, a project leader and a tutor. During the School, several lectures will be held from the leading scientists in the field discussing the latest advances and discoveries. The School will end with a small conference where students will present their work through posters and presentations.

Given the nature and magnitude of the projects, students are invited to stay in contact with project leaders and to continue to work on projects after the School, potentially leading to scientific publications or qualification works (e.g. MSci).

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