ETH/Evoltree course "Genomics of environmental adaptation" January 2027

ETH/Evoltree course "Genomics of environmental adaptation"
25-29 January 2027, WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland (close to Zürich).

Deadline: 1.12.2026

This five-day winter school aims at teaching advanced Master students, PhD students and post-doctoral researchers on aspects of the genomics of environmental adaptation. It provides both theoretical background and hands-on exercises in R on major topics of contemporary environmental genomics such as outlier analysis or genotype–environment associations. 

Tentative program:
Day 1:
- Genomic markers and NGS techniques
- Selection, neutral and adaptive genetic diversity, genetic drift, population genetic structure
Day 2: 
- Outlier analysis
Day 3:
- Environmental data
- Genotype-environment associations (GEA)
Day 4:
- Genotype-environment associations (GEA)
- Genomic offset
Day 5:
- Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- Follow-up analyses

Knowledge of R is a pre-requisite.
Teachers: Christian Rellstab, Felix Gugerli, Benjamin Dauphin, Christine Grossen, Domitille Coq--Etchegaray

There is no course fee.

There are at least five seats available for Evoltree participants as well as five guest rooms (ca 25 CHF/night) to stay at WSL. Students/researcher that are not Evoltree members can apply, but ETH students and Evoltree members have priority. To apply for these seats please write a very short motivation letter to Christian Rellstab (max ½ page) where you explain why you are interested in this course (christian.rellstab_at_wsl.ch).

Deadline: 1.12.2026