Course - Quantitative seascape ecology of marine plankton

This one week workshop is part of a series of winter schools organized by PSL and its Qlife program in quantitative biology and taught at the Ecole normale supérieure.

Description

This course will cover a range of quantitative studies in ecology made possible by the extensive Tara Oceans datasets, which comprise DNA sequence and
organism imaging resources from all domains of plankton life including viruses, as well as rich metadata to explore their environmental context. 

Participants will learn to use these unprecedented resources for exploring contributions of plankton to ecological, evolutionary and biogeochemical processes, aiming to provide the predictive power needed to track the impact of climate change on life in the oceans.

The course will include introductory lectures in the morning, followed by digital practicals in the afternoon. The evenings will include keynote speaker seminars and poster presentations by the students.

Common lunches and dinners with the speakers and instructors will foster informal discussions.

Application (deadline January 7th, 2024)

The winter school is limited to 24 participants. It is open to Master 2 and PhD students, as well as postdocs, engineers and junior scientists with backgrounds in life science, chemistry, physics, computer science or mathematics. Basic experience in data handling under Unix/Linux and in Python or R programming is required.

Registration fees: 150 € for academic participants. It covers food and lodging. Some travel grants will be available.

1) Register through the following link: https://forms.o ce.com/e/fGPJtHiHNZ
2) and provide a CV, a 1 page motivation letter (including justification for travel grant if requested) and a supporting letter from a supervisor with “Qlife Marine
Plankton Winter School 2024_LASTNAME” as subject header to qlife.events@psl.eu

Additional information is available at: https://www.edu.bio.ens.psl.eu/spip.php?article275