Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Ancient DNA, human history and disease
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3685-20-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 30/06/2020

Date and time	27.07.2020, at: 08:00 - 31.07.2020, at: 17:00
Regular seats	25
Course fee	4,440.00 kr.
Lecturers	Hannes Schroeder
ECTS credits	5.00

Contact person	Kirsten Wivel-Snejbjerg E-mail address: kws@adm.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Describe major milestones in human evolution and the impact of genetics on the field. 2. Understand the underlying principles and ethical implications of using ancient DNA to study human evolution and the spread of human disease. 3. Analyse next-generation sequencing data using state-of-the-art computational methods for handling modern and ancient DNA. 4. Integrate genetic data with anthropological and archaeological evidence to study human evolution and disease. 5. Assess the results and impact(s) of modern and ancient DNA studies on our understanding of human evolution and the drivers of past epidemics. Content Ancient DNA has revolutionized our understanding of human evolution and disease by providing unprecedented insights into past migrations, adaptation to changing environments, and the spread of past epidemics. This revolution is tightly linked with the introduction of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies and the rise of “big data”. This intensive 5-day course will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the study of ancient DNA and hands-on experience working with high-throughput sequencing datasets. The course is composed of a series of lectures and practical exercises, covering a wide range of topics including human osteoarchaeology and palaeopathology, human population genetics, and ancient disease genomics. Participants The course is primarily aimed at students in archaeology, biology, medicine and related fields who would like to learn more about ancient DNA applications in the study of human history and disease. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Immunology and Infectious Diseases Medicine, Culture and Society Language English Form Lectures, group work, computational exercises Course director Hannes Schroeder, Associate Professor, Globe Insitute, hschroeder@sund.ku.dk Fernando Racimo, Assistant Professor, Globe Insitute, fracimo@sund.ku.dk Teachers Hannes Schroeder, Associate Professor, Globe Insitute, hschroeder@sund.ku.dk Fernando Racimo, Assistant Professor, Globe Insitute, fracimo@sund.ku.dk Marie-Louise Jørkov, Associate Professor, Retsmedicinsk Institut, mljorkov@sund.ku.dk Shyam Gopoalakrishnan, Associate Professor, Globe Insitute, shyam.gopalakrishnan@sund.ku.dk Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen, Assistant Professor, Globe Insitute, tskorneliussen@sund.ku.dk Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, Assitant Professor, University of Lausanne, annasapfo.malaspinas@unil.ch Gabriel Renaud, Assistant Professor, DTU, gabre@dtu.dk Dates 27 - 31 July 2020 Course location Section for Evolutionary Genomics, The Globe Institute, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen Registration Please register before 30 June 2020 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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