Dear evoldir members, We tried to gather information about courses or trainings on (i) phylogenetic reconstructions and (ii) high-throughput sequencing techniques. Since it could be of great interest for the community, here is the roughly compiled information : - Summer Schools in the future : Probably soon : http://www.nescent.org/courses/ http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Courses-and-conferences/Advanced-Courses-and-Scientific-Conferences/Advanced-Courses/WTX060194.htm http://www.zoologie.uni-rostock.de/whs-xxxii/ http://www.molecularevolution.org/ I also remember very well the 1999 course on cladistics by the Willi-Henning Society (http://www.cladistics.org/workshops.html), which was still performed in 2011 with a few of the original teachers. Czeck Republic : The courses in Cesky Krumlov would be ideal for you. There is a week on Genomics and a week on molecular Evolution. Unfortunately the course is running right now and nearly finished so the next one won't be likely until January 2014. The course page is here: http://evomics.org/ and all the course notes are still there so in theory you could work through these yourself if you wanted. highly recommended!!! USA : For phylogenetic reconstruction I suggest the course in Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory (see: http://hermes.mbl.edu/education/courses/special_topics/mole.html) In France : (Bioconductor) : http://sfc.univ-rennes1.fr/informatique/SC_introduction-R-bioconductor.htm If you speak french there is an awesome course on phylogeny in the university of Montpellier 2, by Emmanuel Douzery. http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/CoME/ In Belgium : http://www.vib.be/en/training/research-training/courses/Pages/default.aspx?VIBCourseCategory=Bioinformatics%20and%20Statistics Every two years, normally, a great workshop is organized both in the USA and in Europe (for example in Liège, Belgium) : Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics. Information can be found for the USA ; we do not know about Europe. It can be worthy to have a deeper look : http://www.biostat.washington.edu/node/967 - Past or current online courses/seminars http://iphylo.org/~rpage/phyloinformatics/course/ http://www.bioinformatics.org/wiki/Educational_services-> font des cours en ligne http://phyloseminar.org/recorded.html I had an excellent experience as participant of the first S Star online course in 2001, which went up to a 6th Edition in 2005, but probably no further : http://s-star.asti.dost.gov.ph/course.html In response to your question on EvolDir, Simon Ho (University of Sydney) and Rob Lanfear run a short introductory workshop to phylogenetic inference. Simon put most of it together. It covers basic theory, and has practical components for alignment, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian methods using a variety of software (Geneious, RAxML, PartitionFinder, and BEAST). It's suitable for biologists with little or no experience of phylogenetics, and can also be useful for people who are comfortable with the methods to brush up on their skills, and the latest software. Info from one of the courses is here: http://www.robertlanfear.com/phyloworkshop/ Info for other iterations of the course can be found on Simon's faculty website: http://sydney.edu.au/science/biology/meep/events/workshop.shtml Best, Gwennaël Le 25/01/2013 14:46, Gwennaël Bataille a écrit : Dear all, We are highly interested in gathering information about courses or trainings on (i) phylogenetic reconstructions and (ii) high-throughput sequencing techniques. If you know one, would you please be so kind to let us know ? We are notably interested in answering the following aspects : - Regarding phylogenetics : i) learn the general methods of tree reconstruction ii) get specific guidelines for methods choice in tree reconstruction iii) how to produce phylogenetic trees from biological material ? iv) how to use phylogenetic trees to analyse patterns of geographic distribution, or phenotypic evolution? v) learn to use specific softwares vi) ... - Regarding high throughput sequencing : i) learn how to choose the best general methods for one's question ii) learn to use specific programs or applications iii) how to design the biological experiment at best for the appropriate methodology ? iv) ... Any suggestion would be strongly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance ! Best regards, Gwennaël Bataille, on behalf of Professor Caroline Nieberding < gwennael.bataille@uclouvain.be > Gwennaël Bataille