Dear colle­agues,

the 2025 edition of the Statis­tical Methods for Post-Genomic Data
(SMPGD) will be organized by Carl Herrmann and Oliver Stegle, and will
take place in Heidelberg, Germany, on the 23–24th January 2025.

https://smpgd2025.sciencesconf.org

As usual, the ambition of the workshop is to present works from
mathe­ma­tical to applied statistics, but also new areas in high
throughput biology that could need new statis­tical develo­p­ments.
We welcome submis­sions for oral presen­ta­tions one one of the topics of this year’s workshop.

The 2025 edition will be organized with 3 thematic sessions

- Pertur­bation experiment in single-cell omics, keynote : Charlotte
Bunne , EPFL Lausanne, CH
— Predicting the maladapt­ation of popula­tions to habitat alteration,
keynote : Matt Fitzpa­trick , Univ. Maryland, Center for Environ­mental
Science, Frostburg, US
— Biolo­gi­cally Informed Neural Networks, keynote : Erik van Nimwegen, University Basel, CH

Important dates :

- Submission deadline : November 17th
— Regis­tration deadline ( limited to 90 persons ) : December 20th

• Learn the funda­mental best-practices of bioin­for­matic pipeline develo­pment
• Under­stand how workflow management systems can accelerate your research
• Use state-of-the-art, open source software to make complex analyses routine
• Perform your own custom analysis pipelines using Nextflow!

• Learn the essential computing skills for NGS bioin­for­matics
• Under­stand NGS technology, algorithms and data formats
• Use bioin­for­matics tools for handling sequencing data
• Perform first downstream analyses for studying genetic variation

The purpose of this workshop is to get a deeper under­standing in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) with a special focus on bioin­for­matics issues. Advan­tages and disad­van­tages of current sequencing techno­logies and their impli­ca­tions on data analysis will be disco­vered. The parti­ci­pants will be trained on under­standing their own NGS data, finding potential problems/errors therein and finally perform their first downstream analysis (variant calling). In the course we will use a real-life NGS dataset from the current market leader illumina.

All workshop attendees will be enabled to perform important first tasks of NGS data analysis themselves. The course layout has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of NGS bioin­for­matics and allows scien­tists with no or little background in computer science to get a first hands-on experience in this new and fast evolving research topic.

Link: https://www.ecseq.com/workshops/workshop_2025-03-NGS-Next-Generation-Sequencing-Data-Analysis-A-Practical-Introduction

• Learn the essential computing skills for NGS bioin­for­matics
• Under­stand NGS analysis algorithms (e.g. read alignment) and data formats
• Use bioin­for­matics tools for handling NGS data
• Perform first downstream analyses for studying genetic variation
• Compare different approaches for diffe­rential expression analysis

The purpose of this intense one week summer course is to get a deep under­standing in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) with a special focus on bioin­for­matics issues. Advan­tages and disad­van­tages of current sequencing techno­logies and their impli­ca­tions on data analysis will be disco­vered. You will be trained on under­standing NGS data formats and handling potential problems/errors therein. In the summer school we will use a real-life RNA-seq dataset from the current market leader illumina.

All students will be enabled to perform important first tasks of NGS data analysis themselves. The layout of the summer school has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of NGS bioin­for­matics and allows scien­tists with no or little background in computer science to get a first hands-on experience in this new and fast evolving research topic.

In the evenings there will be social events, like a confe­rence dinner, or a guided city tour through Berlin. These are always great networking possi­bi­lities.

Location: PC-College, Strese­mann­straße 78, 10963 Berlin, Germany
Language: English
Available seats: 30 (first-come, first-served)
Link: https://www.ecseq.com/workshops/workshop_2025-05–9th-Berlin-Summer-School-NGS-Data-Analysis

In a nutshell

• Learn the funda­mental best-practices of bioin­for­matic pipeline develo­pment
• Under­stand how workflow management systems can accelerate your research
• Use state-of-the-art, open source software to make complex analyses routine
• Perform your own custom analysis pipelines using Nextflow!

Scope and Topics:

The purpose of the workshop is to introduce the concepts of bioin­for­matic pipeline develo­pment through the context of the open source Workflow Management System (WMS) Nextflow. The parti­ci­pants will be trained in the scripting, confi­gu­ration and execution of example analysis pipelines based on current industry best-practices, and learn how to share them with other users. Finally, the parti­ci­pants will apply every­thing they have learned by imple­menting their own analysis pipelines from the ground up.

By the end of the workshop all attendees will be enabled to build their own scalable, repro­du­cible bioin­for­matic pipelines which can be run locally, on high-perfor­­­mance computing clusters or even in the cloud. The course layout has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of compu­ta­tional biology and allows scien­tists with little or no background in software develo­pment to get a first hands-on experience in this new and fast-evolving area of expertise. This instructor-led live online workshop has been newly designed for an engaging, inter­active online learning experience.

Link:
Website: https://www.ecseq.com/workshops/workshop_2024-04-Bioinformatics-Pipeline-Development-with-Nextflow-Online-Course

In a nutshell

• Explore sequencing techno­logies for single-cell analysis
• Process QC and analyze single-cell RNA-seq data
• Learn how to identify and annotate cell clusters
• Discover how to integrate and analyze multi-sample data

Scope and Topics:
The Single-Cell RNA-Seq Workshop is designed to provide a thorough intro­duction to the analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data. Through a combi­nation of lectures and hands-on exercises, parti­ci­pants will learn how to process, analyze and integrate single-cell data using industry-standard tools and techniques. Topics covered include sequencing techno­logies, data quality control, prepro­cessing, dimen­sional reduction, clustering, trajectory inference, diffe­rential expression analysis, and multi-sample integration.

By the end of the workshop, attendees will have the skills and confi­dence to perform custom analyses and gain new insights into complex biolo­gical systems. This workshop is ideal for resear­chers and students with little or no prior experience in single-cell RNA-seq analysis, as well as those seeking to update their skills and knowledge.

Link:
Website: https://www.ecseq.com/workshops/workshop_2024-03-Single-Cell-RNA-Seq-Data-Analysis

the working groups “Mathe­ma­tical Models in Medicine and Biology” and “Statis­tical Methods in Bioin­for­matics” of the GMDS & IBS-DR are happy to announce the

Workshop on Compu­ta­tional Models in Biology and Medicine 2024
taking place on June 6th and 7th in Dresden, Germany

Confirmed keynote speakers:

* Anne-Christin Hauschild (University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany)
* Kathrin Thedieck (University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)
* Carsten Marr (Helmholtz Zentrum München, München, Germany)

Abstracts for talks and posters can be submitted until April 14th, 2024.

For more infor­mation please visit the workshop homepage: https://www.biometrische-gesellschaft.de/arbeitsgruppen/statistische-methoden-i-d-bioinformatik/workshop2024.html

Advance your research. Under­stand RNA-Seq analyses challenges and solve them yourself.

In a nutshell

• Learn the essential computing skills for NGS bioin­for­matics
• Under­stand NGS analysis algorithms (e.g. read alignment) and data formats
• Use bioin­for­matics tools for handling RNA-Seq data
• Create diagnostic graphics and statistics
• Compare different approaches for diffe­rential expression analysis

The purpose of this workshop is to get a deeper under­standing in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) with a special focus on bioin­for­matics issues. Advan­tages and disad­van­tages of current sequencing techno­logies and their impli­ca­tions on data analysis will be disco­vered. You will be trained on under­standing NGS data formats and handling potential problems/errors therein. In the course we will use a real-life RNA-seq dataset from the current market leader illumina.

All workshop attendees will be enabled to perform important first tasks of NGS data analysis themselves. The course layout has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of NGS bioin­for­matics and allows scien­tists with no or little background in computer science to get a first hands-on experience in this new and fast evolving research topic.

Links: https://www.ecseq.com/workshops/workshop_2024-02-RNA-Seq-data-analysis

Advance your research. Under­stand NGS and analyze sequence data yourself.

In a nutshell

• Learn the essential computing skills for NGS bioin­for­matics
• Under­stand NGS technology, algorithms and data formats
• Use bioin­for­matics tools for handling sequencing data
• Perform first downstream analyses for studying genetic variation

The purpose of this workshop is to get a deeper under­standing in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) with a special focus on bioin­for­matics issues. Advan­tages and disad­van­tages of current sequencing techno­logies and their impli­ca­tions on data analysis will be disco­vered. The parti­ci­pants will be trained on under­standing their own NGS data, finding potential problems/errors therein and finally perform their first downstream analysis (variant calling). In the course we will use a real-life NGS dataset from the current market leader illumina.

All workshop attendees will be enabled to perform important first tasks of NGS data analysis themselves. The course layout has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of NGS bioin­for­matics and allows scien­tists with no or little background in computer science to get a first hands-on experience in this fast evolving research topic.

The online course will make use of a web confe­rencing system. Hands-on NGS analysis will be performed in an inter­active browser-based data analysis platform. Before the course, you will get a printed manuscript.

Links: https://www.ecseq.com/workshops/workshop_2024-01-A-Practical-Introduction-to-NGS-Data-Analysis-Online-Course

Die Konferenz wird sich auf mikro­bielle Lipide und die Rolle von Lipiden bei Infek­ti­ons­krank­heiten konzen­trieren. Wie in den Vorjahren werden wir Themen der allge­meinen Lipidomik und bioin­for­ma­tische Heraus­for­de­rungen für die lipidzen­trierte Forschung disku­tieren. In den vergan­genen Jahren hatten wir lebhafte wissen­schaft­liche Diskus­sionen geführt und konnten inter­dis­zi­plinäre Koope­ra­tionen fördern.

Links: https://lipidomics-forum.fz-borstel.de/