Dear colleagues,

Registration is open for Transmitting Science’ course “Introduction to 
Palaeogenomics”

Instructors: Dr. Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal (University of Copenhagen, 
Denmark) and Dr. Marcela Sandoval Velasco (UNAM, Mexico).
Schedule: Online live sessions on 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd, 24th and 26th 
of May (Monday-Wednesday-Friday); from 16:30 to 20:30 (Madrid time 
zone), plus 2 hours of participants working on their own.
Course webpage with more information: 
https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/genetics-and-genomics/introduction-to-palaeogenomics-concepts-methods-and-applications-of-ancient-dna-data/


Course overview:
DNA extracted from archaeological and palaeontological samples, and 
museum specimens has proven useful to study species and life on earth 
from the genomic perspective. It has made it possible to measure changes 
in genetic diversity through time, test hypotheses about the association 
of environmental phenomena and genetic changes in natural populations, 
and to resolve long-standing questions about the evolutionary 
relationships between species.
This course covers concepts, methods and applications of ancient human 
and non-human DNA data.
In a combination of interactive lectures and hands-on practical 
sessions, the course will provide a theoretical overview of molecular 
biology laboratory techniques for the retrieval of aDNA from ancient 
samples from different species and an introduction to the bioinformatic 
pipelines for the analysis of palaeogenomic data. Students will be 
introduced to the standard bioinformatic methods often used in 
palaeogenomic projects for the analysis of aDNA data. We will also 
review the history and developments of the field to understand how it 
came to be what it is today, and consider and discuss the practical 
problems of ancient DNA recovery, the theoretical problems associated 
with the interpretation of palaeogenomic data, and the ethical 
implications embedded in this type of research.
At the end of the course, students will have gained a general 
understanding of common key methods and tools used in palaeogenomics 
projects: from the basics in the field to the interpretation of the 
results, as well as ethical and responsibility aspects and implications 
of aDNA research.

With best regards
Juanvi

-- 
Juan Vicente Bertó Mengual
Administration
Transmitting Science
www.transmittingscience.com

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