With thanks to those who replied, here is the information I gathered on possible Workshops/Courses in Genomics: Programming for Evolutionary Biology March 17th - April 1st 2012 Leipzig, Germany http://evop.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de/ The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics (Portugal) http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/ Workshop on Genomics / Workshop on Molecular Evolution Czech Republic http://evomics.org/ On 2012-03-31, at 1:18 AM, evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca wrote: Colleagues, An increasing number of labs I work with are moving towards 454, Illumina, or similar next generation genome or transcriptome sequencing projects. I am frequently asked about North American or UK workshops or courses for molecular biologists that wish to learn about generation and analysis of these data, particularly genome assembly. Most of these are Ph.D. level investigators but often without sophisticated computational skills. Could you please suggest appropriate courses for these investigators (Sanger, Woods Hole, Cold Spring Harbor?). Please reply to me directly and I will post a summary to EvolDir. Much thanks, Andrew McArthur Andrew G. McArthur, Ph.D. Bioinformatics Consulting Services Email: amcarthur@mac.com, Web: http://mcarthurbioinformatics.ca/ Phone: 905.296.3252, Mobile: 905.745.2794, Fax: 647.439.0829 Skype: agmcarthur Based in Gothenburg, Sweden July 2012 through August 2013. Gothenburg is 6 hours ahead of the Eastern Time Zone (e.g. Toronto/Boston) and 9 hours ahead of the Pacific Time Zone (e.g. Los Angeles). Andrew McArthur