It is essential that students remain connected for the whole length of the course, partial attendance will not be considered.
Registration includes access to:
- all lectures and practical sessions
- online group discussions
- poster sessions
- research clinics
- all course materials
Payment
Successful participants will be sent payment details by email.
Selection criteria
Selection of participants will be based on:
- Solid background in evolutionary genetics, since the course is advanced.
- Good knowledge of Linux operating system and basic shell commands. This will be a mandatory prerequisite.
- Lack of previous knowledge on the population genomics tools presented in the course.
- Stage of the research project: priority will be given to participants with data already available and ready to be analyzed (Participants data will not be analyzed during the course).
- Impact of the course for the participant and his/her research group.
- Submission of an Abstract
Fulfillment of these conditions by participants will be assessed through the registration form.
Ph.D. students and Post-Docs will be favored, and applications from other researchers will be considered in their context. Applications from the same group will be discouraged.
Applications without an abstract will not be considered.
Abstract guidelines
Abstract guidelines: max 200 words.
Abstracts can be submitted in the registration system after registration.
Abstracts should describe participants’ research projects to be presented with a poster and a 2 min video.
Poster specifications
PDF format, vertical, maximum dimensions 70 cm width x 100 cm height (max 10 MB) and in JPEG 700x1000 pixels, 300 dpi.
The selected participants will be asked to submit a short video of max 2 minutes (16:9 horizontal) as mp4, mov, flv, avi or wmw file.
Registration Fee Waivers
A limited number registration fee waivers are available for participants offered as reimbursement after the meeting has taken place. The EMBO registration fee waivers (a maximum of €100) will be allocated on the basis of the quality of the abstract submitted.
Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.
Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. Priority is given to participants from low-income economies and of any nationality working in laboratories in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey, as well as from EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan. More information is available on the EMBO Travel Grants' page.
GRANT FUNDED BY AGI
One grant of 250 EUR covering the registration fee of one student/post-doc who is a AGI member or work in a lab in which the PI is a AGI member will be awarded by the Associazione Genetica Italiana (AGI).
GRANT FUNDED BY SIBE
One grant of 250 EUR covering the registration fee of one student/post-doc who is a SIBE member or work in a lab in which the PI is a SIBE member will be awarded by the Italian Society of Evolutionary Biology (SIBE).
GRANT FUNDED BY SIGA
One grant of 250 EUR covering the registration fee of one student/post-doc who is SIGA member or work in a lab in which the PI is a SIGA member will be awarded by the Italian Society of Agrarian Genetics (SIGA).
Child care grant
EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional child care costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the child care grant and specify the sum that you will need.
For more info, please contact embo.popgen@gmail.com .
IT Support
Giacinto Donvito (INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari)
