The Supercomputing Centre of Castilla y León (SCAYLE), a member of DIGIS3, is organising the course "Introduction to the statistical analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS)", which will take place onsite in León from 23 to 26 February 2026.
The 29 hours of training, spread over four days, are limited to 20 participants and aim to introduce the basic concepts involved in selecting experimental designs and adapting statistical models for carrying out genome-wide association stuies (GWAS). Basic aspects of post-GWAS functional analyses will also be covered.
The course is particularly aimed at researchers interested in genomics, professionals in the fields of Computational Sciences, Biology and/or Biotechnology involved in genetic diagnosis, postgraduate university students, and anyone with an interest in the subject. It will be held in the SCAYLE Training Room in the CRAI-TIC Building, located on the Vegazana Campus of the University of León. The teaching staff consists of Cristina Esteban Banco, Postdoctoral Researcher in Genomics and Bioinformatics (SCAYLE), and Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca, Senior Scientist at the CSIC.
Registration
Registration is open until next Monday, 16 February. Once registered, participants have seven days to pay the course fee and complete their enrolment. The cost is €225, thanks to co-funding under DIGIS3 from the European Union and the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, as well as the EOI Foundation of the Government of Spain, within the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism financed by Next Generation funds.
At the end of the course, SCAYLE will offer participants free access to HPC resources for the month following its completion, thanks to DIGIS3 funding.
The full programme and further information are available at this link.