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🚀 This November, explore our hands-on courses in 🧬 genomics, 🧫 metagenomics, 🧪 proteomics, 🌍 remote sensing, 🤖 deep learning, 🐍 Python, and so much more! From Transposable Elements and RNA-seq to Genome Assembly, Metagenomics, Spatial Proteomics, Manual Curation & beyond shorturl.at/iRlkm

🚨 Last seats available! Join Causal AI Methods for Computational Biology, online, 2–6 November. Learn cutting-edge causal inference and AI/ML techniques, explore hands-on biological data analysis, and strengthen your research toolkit. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

We have just started the Population genomic inference from low-coverage whole-genome sequencing data with @ntherk.bsky.social @fishyomics.bsky.social Tyler Linderoth and a nice group of attendees joining us from all over the globe 🌎

We’ve just kicked off our Introduction to #DeepLearning for Biologists course at the University of Zagreb, Croatia! 🇭🇷 We’re thrilled to be here and to meet such an enthusiastic group of researchers, who have given us such a warm welcome!

🌊 Explore marine spatial data with R! Join our online, hands-on course (3–6 November) with @david-march.bsky.social to analyze seafloor habitats, oceanographic data, biodiversity, and human impacts for marine conservation and spatial planning. 🌍 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

🧬 Know basic Python? Take your skills further! Join our online Advanced Python for Data Science & Bioinformatics course. 💻 Hands-on Pandas, Biopython, data visualization & machine learning! 📅 3–6 Nov 2026 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

🧬 Want to learn how to assemble the genome of your species? Curious about long-read genome assembly & how to get the best results from your data? Join our course on Long-Read Genome Assembly with @marcelauliano.bsky.social & João! Only a few spots left! www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

🦠 Join our online course “Shotgun #Metagenomics Processing and Analysis” with @epasolli.bsky.social ! 🧬 Learn data preprocessing, taxonomic and functional profiling, genome reconstruction, and statistical analysis through hands-on exercises. 📅 23–26 Nov www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat. Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S

Last call to join our upcoming course! www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

I’m excited to share a PhD opportunity in my group, focussed on ecological forecasting of blue tit population responses to climate change as part of the e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk @edinburghbiology.bsky.social.

🐍 Four days of Python, hands-on coding, and biological data! A fantastic week introducing this brilliant group of biologists to Python programming! 🚀 Huge thanks to @passdan.bsky.social & all our participants for their enthusiasm & engagement! Next edition in March 2027! #Python #Bioinformatics

🌍🧬 What a week! Our #eDNA #Metabarcoding with @nanoporetech.com course is coming to an end, and what a ride it’s been! 🚀 30+ participants from across the globe, loads of science, and @shump.bsky.social absolutely ROCKING it! 🔥 Huge thanks to everyone! 💙 @ednacollab.bsky.social #eDNA #Nanopore

🎉 The 2nd edition of Dealing with Messy Data in R: Data Cleaning and Visualisation is here! Join us online, 10–12 May 2027, to clean, transform and visualise real-world data using tidyverse and ggplot2. Turn messy data into clear, publication-ready insights! www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Many thanks to Elodie and everyone who joined us this week for Design, Implement and Promote Species Monitoring in R! 🌿 📊 We explored long-term monitoring protocols and methods including CMR, distance sampling, occupancy and N-mixture models to support robust, reproducible wildlife monitoring

🧬 Can we predict whether a population will go extinct or recover from its genome? In our new paper, led by Johanna Winder, we combine forward simulations and machine learning to ask how genomics could inform extinction and recovery potential doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #consgen #PopGen #evolution

How did cell types evolve? 🧬 Join @robertofeuda.bsky.social & @filonico.bsky.social to learn how to combine comparative genomics, gene-family evolution and single-cell RNA-seq to compare cell types across species. 📅 19–21 January 2027 · Online www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

It is still possible to join us next week for this great course with @philipleftwich.bsky.social & @eivimeycook.bsky.social Join us and boost your R skills! www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Registrations are now open for the Introduction to R course in January! Participants will learn how to work with datasets, clean & transform data using dplyr, create visualizations with ggplot2 & produce reproducible reports. For info, please visit: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Rstats

Our course on #eDNA #metabarcoding using @nanoporetech.com data, led by @shump.bsky.social has just kicked off! 🧬🌍 Organised in collaboration with @ednacollab.bsky.social we're thrilled to welcome researchers from around the world joining us this week!

Very happy to kick off the 4th edition of the #LIDAR in R course with @micheletorresani.bsky.social! In the next 3 days, participants will gain both theoretical knowledge and the practical skills necessary to process, analyze, and interpret LiDAR data for ecological/forestry research

Our Introduction to #Python course with @passdan.bsky.social is now underway In this 4-day course, participants will learn python concepts and practical applications, engaging in hands-on coding exercises & projects to solidify their understanding www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Registrations are now open for the next edition of the Computational #Pangenomics course with @andreaguarracino.bsky.social For more information: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Our paper is now out in Bioinformatics! 🎉 DNAharvester is a Nextflow pipeline for highly degraded ancient DNA, with metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, auto read-length cutoffs, reference bias checks, and much more. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/bioi... 💻 github.com/NBISweden/DNAharvester

📢 Registration is open for the 3rd edition of our online course on Species Distribution Modeling with BART with @jbyoder.org 📅 9–11 February 2027 💻 Hands-on training in R, from predictor selection to model evaluation and spatial prediction. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

🌿 Causal Inference in Ecology and Evolution | Online course | 15–19 February 2027 How can we move beyond correlations to understand cause-and-effect relationships in ecological and evolutionary systems? Join our five-day online course: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Another great edition of the Environmental #Metagenomics course is coming to an end! A big thank you to @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social , @oskolkov.bsky.social & everyone who joined us this week. Hope you’ve enjoyed the course and gained new knowledge & skills that you can apply to your own projects.

Professorship (W2) of Computational Plant Systematics (6 years/tenure track). New job offer in our biology department @lmu.de 👇. Please apply and help to spread the word. www.nature.com/naturecareer... #PlantSciJob #PlantScience

A big thank you to @astridboehne.bsky.social , @idarolti.bsky.social, Sophie, and everyone who joined us this week for the Sex Chromosome Evolution course! 🧬 Wishing you all the best with your data analyses and research projects! 🚀 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

@leeselab.bsky.social is looking for new PhD and postdoctoral researchers to join his lab! His group is a world leader in #eDNA #metabarcoding and this is an amazing opportunity to join an excellent research team and boost your research career. www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

Excited to announce ModDotPlot Browser! A interactive genomic dotplot viewer that runs entirely in a web browser. Load and explore whole chromosomes in seconds! Try it here: marbl.github.io/ModDotPlot-B... User guide:
 github.com/marbl/ModDot... 1/4

There are only a few seats available for the course "Population genomic inference from low-coverage whole-genome sequencing data" with with @ntherk.bsky.social @fishyomics.bsky.social & Tyler Linderoth For more information: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Registrations are now open for the next edition of the online course #Metabarcoding in Microbial Ecology with Anna Sandionigi & Luigi Borruso www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Metabarcoding #MicrobialEcology #Qiime2 #Rstats

Interested in learning how to analyse RNA-seq data with R and Bioconductor? Our online course, Introduction to RNA Sequencing Data Analysis with R/ @bioconductor.bsky.social will take place on 2,3,5,6,9,10 November. #RNAseq @bioconductor.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

🚨 #postdoc alert ❤️‍🔥 I'm looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my group at @cpgsthlm.bsky.social and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social working on #woollymammoth genomics 🦣🦴🧬✨ Deadline: 30th Nov. +Info about the position 👉 www.su.se/english/divi... +info about CPG 👉 palaeogenetics.com RT pls

After the first part of our #EnvironmentalMetagenomics course, focused on short-read analysis with @oskolkov.bsky.social , we’re now moving on to long-read metagenomics with @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social exploring data from @nanoporetech.com and @pacbio.bsky.social 🧬

📢 COURSE ALERT! Design, implement & promote species monitoring in R 🐾 19–21 October, online. Learn CMR, distance sampling, occupancy & N-mixture models using real datasets and R. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #RStats #Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #EcologicalMonitoring

Discover LiDAR for Ecology with R and QGIS! Join our 3-day, hands-on course to process LiDAR data with R (lidR) and QGIS, generate terrain models, extract ecological metrics, and explore GEDI satellite data. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #RemoteSensing #Lidar

Registrations are now open for the next edition of the course on Markov and Hidden Markvov Models in R with Prof. Fulvia Pennoni. For more information: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Rstats #MarkovModels #HiddenMarkovModels #Statistics

Our PhD Applications are now open! Join a community nurturing the next generation of world-class genome scientists and clinicians. Explore our programme and how to apply: www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/... 📅 Apply by 9am GMT on Tuesday 24 November 2026. #ScienceCareers

🚀 The Spatial Transcriptomics with R/Bioconductor course is almost full! 🔥 Few spots left — grab yours before they’re gone! 👉 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Ready to level up your R skills? 🚀 Join Beyond Beginner R (27–30 Oct, online) for advanced tidyverse, ggplot2, Quarto, GitHub & AI-assisted coding. Build cleaner, reproducible workflows with @philipleftwich.bsky.social & @eivimeycook.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Through the Bioconductor–Physalia collaboration, 18 sponsored course places were provided to researchers across nine countries between November 2025 and October 2026. Read their experiences and see how access to specialist training is making a difference: bit.ly/4B4h3qq