<div dir="ltr"><table class="gmail-image_block gmail-block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td class="gmail-pad" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:568px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px"><div class="gmail-alignment" align="center" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:10px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img class="gmail-big" src="https://centercomunicazione.img.musvc2.net/static/69562/images/1/unnamed.jpg" width="600" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 600px; display: block; height: auto; border: 0px; max-width: 100%;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-text_block gmail-block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td class="gmail-pad" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sans-serif"><div class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.5"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px">Dear All,</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;text-align:center"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">We are pleased to inform you that applications for the </strong><a href="https://centercomunicazione.musvc2.net/e/t?q=A%3dOZOdK%26C%3dK%26L%3dRZR%26M%3dKRLYJ%26L%3d2RCGC_Pjtj_at_Ik1i_Sz_Pjtj_ZyDyCC08EB.6708.FBE_Armx_K7yTxED_Pjtj_ZySM-N8G-1C7F7GvJ%26x%3dKDJF9t2uAK.EyR%262J%3dNhPY&amp;mupckp=mupAtu4m8OiX0wt" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">upcoming EMBO Practical Course &quot;Population Genomics: background and tools&quot;</strong></a><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">are now open!</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;text-align:center"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px">The course will take place on 13-19 March 2023 in the outstanding island of Procida (Naples, Italy), elected 2022 Italian Capital of Culture.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px">We would be grateful if you could forward the advert to students and collaborators who may be interested.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">IMPORTANT DATES for this Course</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Deadline for applications: 03/01/2023<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Latest notification of acceptance: 12/01/2023<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Course dates: 13-19/03/2023<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Registration fee waivers, travel and child care grants available!<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Full details, including the course programme, invited speakers and the application form, at: <a href="https://centercomunicazione.musvc2.net/e/t?q=4%3dCe0W9%26H%3d6%26E%3dFeC%26F%3d9W7R8%26Q%3dmK1Lx_IXyU_Th_NVtW_Xk_IXyU_SmIj61Es8z.Ar3v.Kw8_ywXq_9BjMlJy_IXyU_SmX8-GvL-l6uKr0jO%26i%3dD2O12h7f49.JjK%26pO%3d9aDd&amp;mupckp=mupAtu4m8OiX0wt" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://meetings.embo.org/event/23-pop-genomics</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">In this EMBO Practical Course, participants will learn fundamental concepts and advanced approaches to reconstruct the demographic history of populations and infer natural selection, using both classic and machine learning-based techniques. Participants will also learn the essential and advanced programming skills required to run the analyses related to the concept presented, with a special focus on machine learning. Keynote lectures focused on major achievements and future perspectives of population genomics will complement the training. Lectures and practicals are delivered by experienced outstanding and inspiring speakers. We expect participants to become fully confident in running analyses on their own after attending the course.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0px">This course aims at evolutionary biologists who already have basic bioinformatics skills. Good knowledge of R is a pre-requisite and knowledge of Python is a plus. Ph.D. students and Postdoc researchers will benefit the most out of this course, but applications from all candidates will be evaluated in their context.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inher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