Dear all, Applications are now open for the NERC funded short course "Integrative biodiversity discovery". This is a five-day course held onsite at the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Course dates: 2-6 March 2026 Application deadline: 1 December 2025 Cost: Free Course website: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/integrative-biodiversity-discovery.html This course will deliver training in field collection, molecular laboratory protocols and contemporary phylogenetic analysis, offering an important opportunity to observe the analytical links across the full spectrum of activities involved in biodiversity discovery. The course is delivered by our experts in biodiversity research and phylogenomic analysis and will have a particular focus on using large numbers of genes to infer species trees, a diagrammatic representation of evolutionary relationships. It will entail multiple lectures as well as hands-on practical sessions with field collection, DNA extraction, genomic library preparation and bioinformatics. By working closely with our scientists, participants will gain expertise to meet the needs and challenges of their current and future careers. Further information, together with links to the application form can be found on the course website: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/integrative-biodiversity-discovery.html Dr Nick Crumpton (He/They) Graduate Training and Short Course Coordinator Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD nick.crumpton@nhm.ac.uk Nick Crumpton (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)