Population Genomics Data Analysis Course & Workshop (register now as
few places are left!)

Themes:  Population Genomics, Molecular Ecology, Conservation
Genetics. Next Gen Sequencing Data & key computational approaches.

Instructors include experts:  Eric Anderson, Ellie Armstrong, Paulette
Bloomer, Jessica Da Silva, Paul Hohenlohe, Marty Kardos, Brenna Forester,
Chris Funk, Paul Grobler, Will Hemstrom, Gordon Luikart, Monica Mwale,
Rena Schweizer,  Robin Waples, Paulette Bloomer, Sandi Willows-Munroe,
and more.

When: December 7 - 12, 2025.  Plus an optional December 13 - 16 field
trip to Kruger National Park

Where: University of Pretoria, South Africa (https://www.up.ac.za/ ).

Details and registration: see https://www.umt.edu/congen/africa/

Course Objective: To teach conceptual and practical aspects of data
analysis to understand the evolutionary and ecological genomics of
natural and managed populations. Emphasis is on next-generation sequence
data analysis and interpretation of output from important statistical
approaches, software, and bioinformatic pipelines. You???ll learn crucial
steps of filtering (Hemstrom et al. 2024, Nature GR). Sessions allow
hands-on analyses of your data with instructors.

Who should apply: Advanced Undergrads, M.S. & Ph.D. students, post-docs,
PIs (agency biologists), and faculty???  who have some understanding of
population genetics & ecology.

BEFORE the course: Tutorials are given on Zoom before the course to
help you learn Linux & R. Links to video recordings of past ConGen
lectures. A field trip to amazing Kruger National Park is the 4 days
after the course.

Publication: We will likely publish together a meeting review (as
below) to help advance the field and improve your ability to publish.
Schweizer et al. 2021: doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab019;   
Stahlke et al. 2020: doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa001;    
Hendricks et al. 2018: doi.org/10.1111/eva.12659

Leif Howard
Research Assistant
Flathead Lake Biological Station

"Howard, Leif" <leif.howard@flbs.umt.edu>

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