Pangenomics will be held at the Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, on
8-12 September 2024.
The school, sponsored by the MSCA-RISE Project PANGAIA (Pan-genome Graph
Algorithms and Data Integration) and the MSCA-ITN Alpaca, focuses on the
evolution aspects of Computational Pangenomics, guiding the transition from
linear genomes to graph-based representations. The fundamental task of
capturing genetic variations largely benefit from graph-based pangenome
representations: they summarize redundancies without discarding individual
differences and graphs lend themselves to data structures and algorithms for
pangenome analysis.
The main guiding questions driving the school are to determine efficiently and
accurately how human, tumor, virus, and bacteria populations evolve, what are
the computational aspects of different models of evolution, how to analyze a
pangenome to identify genetic variants associated with human diseases,
distinguishing them from the plethora of neutral variants that arise from
"healthy" evolution.
This school is an opportunity for interacting with the computational
pangenomics community of two European Research Networks, ALPACA and PANGAIA.
The school provides a forum for being exposed to novel approaches on how to
push the shift from sequence to graph-based representations of genomes.
The expected audience consists of PhD students and young researchers that are
interested in the new field of computational pangenomics and that are eager to
learn from world-renowned scientists.
The lecturers that have already confirmed their presence are:
* Evan Eichler (Univ. of Washington, USA)
* Dan Gusfield (UC Davis, USA)
* Iman Hajirasouliha (Weill-Cornell Medicine, USA)
* Layla Oesper (Carleton College, USA)
* Manuela Sironi (IRCCS Medea, Italy)
The deadline for registering is June 15, and the application must
include a CV with a letter of intent. Only 25 students will be admitted to the
school, to guaranteed lively interactions.
The registration fee is 100 euros, lunches and coffee breaks are included.
The registration form, together with other relevant information
(accommodation, traveling information, mode of payment,
instructions for students etc.) is available at
Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues and students.
The school board
* Paola Bonizzoni (Univ. Milano-Bicocca)
* Gianluca Della Vedova (Univ. Milano-Bicocca)
* Alex Schönhuth (Univ. Bielefeld, Germany)
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