Hi all,
We’re organizing our annual Berlin Summer School in NGS Data Analysis (June 15-19, 2026), and thought it may be of interest to this community.
This intensive 1-week, in-person course is designed for researchers and life scientists who want to gain a practical, hands-on understanding of next-generation sequencing data analysis without assuming extensive prior experience in bioinformatics. The course focuses on:
The school uses proven bioinformatics tools to inspect and analyze real sequencing data with trainer support throughout. Note: single-cell RNA-seq is not covered as part of this Summer School.
We’re also pleased to have invited speakers contributing perspectives from both research and tool development:
This combination of structured hands-on training and insights from active researchers and developers tends to work very well for participants who want to apply NGS workflows directly to real projects.
Details and registration (first-come, first-served): www.ecseq.com/summer-school
Happy to answer any questions about prerequisites or the program.
We’re organizing our annual Berlin Summer School in NGS Data Analysis (June 15-19, 2026), and thought it may be of interest to this community.
This intensive 1-week, in-person course is designed for researchers and life scientists who want to gain a practical, hands-on understanding of next-generation sequencing data analysis without assuming extensive prior experience in bioinformatics. The course focuses on:
- essential computing skills for everyday NGS analysis
- understanding key NGS data formats and common pitfalls
- running real RNA-seq workflows (QC -> mapping -> visualization -> differential expression)
- structured introduction to DNA variant calling (VCF)
- working with a real Illumina RNA-seq dataset
The school uses proven bioinformatics tools to inspect and analyze real sequencing data with trainer support throughout. Note: single-cell RNA-seq is not covered as part of this Summer School.
We’re also pleased to have invited speakers contributing perspectives from both research and tool development:
- Prof. Dr. Martin Kircher (Berlin Institute of Health at Charité / University of Lübeck / UKSH) - computational genomics & variant effect interpretation
- Dr. Vladimir Jovanović (Freie Universität Berlin) - genomic data analysis & functional interpretation
- Dr. Jeremy Leipzig (TileDB) - scalable genomic data infrastructure & TileDB-VCF
This combination of structured hands-on training and insights from active researchers and developers tends to work very well for participants who want to apply NGS workflows directly to real projects.
Details and registration (first-come, first-served): www.ecseq.com/summer-school
Happy to answer any questions about prerequisites or the program.