We are living in very fascinating moment in the history, so-called genomics era, when obtaining the whole genome sequence of any individual becomes trivial task at affordable cost. Personalised medicine, a health-care system in which medical decisions and health-care products are tailored for the individuals based on their predicted response or risk of disease, is just around the corner. In Europe, most of the progress in these areas is blatantly concentreted in western countries, and it is crucial to train the future experts who will also drive this revolution in central and eastern european countries.
Our events are attended by 20-70 people, majority of those are PhD students and post-docs, but researchers at all career stages are welcome! Summer school usually welcomea 40-60 people, 1/3 of whom are speakers. #NGSchool community is interdisciplinary, which results in interesting discussions and brings future experts from diverse disciplines together. The participants of #NGSchool represent various branches of science, including biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine, computer science and related disciplines.
The only way to attend our events is through selection process. #NGSchool
became quite popular, so getting a place isn’t easy. In the previous editions
(#NGSchool2016, #NGSchool2017,
#NGSchool2018, #NGSChool2019)
we have received over 400 applications from 50 countries in total.
Therefore, we strongly recommend to dedicate time and effort to prepare
solid application if you really wish to attend. Definitely read more about
our selection criteria.
Registration is typically opened approximately 4 months before summer school. We do our best to advertise every event to attract the best candidates. If you wish to be stay in touch with our activities, just follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
We will accept applications from students/researchers from biology, medicine, computer science and related disciplines. We will make sure that the course community is interdisciplinary, which will result in interesting discussions and will bring future experts from diverse disciplines together.
We welcome people with different backgrounds as long as the person is motivated and will benefit from the school. Our registration form tests the applicants’ knowledge in biology, statistics and bioinformatics, since our school is not intended for beginners - we encourage you to apply and test your skills with the registration form.
People having no prior experience with bioinformatics / programming are welcome, but strong motivation is desired!
We suggest everyone with no programming experience to take an on-line course introducing Linux and basics of programming (plan to do it approximately 2 weeks before the school, at the latest). Completing this course will be crucial in order to secure smooth learning experience at the #NGSchool.
Yes, absolutely! Anyone who plans to use the covered topics in the future is the perfect candidate.
Registration fee covers all of the expenses, including course materials, accommodation and meals. We will be able to refund travel expenses for selected participants in difficult financial situations.
You should arrange your trip by yourself. We’ll refund travel expenses for selected participants in difficult financial situations, after receiving travel expenses form which will be distributed during the school. In order to recieve the refund, please make sure to keep all your tickets & travel receipts.
While this is educational project, its outputs are not limited to education. The participants interacts with excellent researchers, thus they have unique opportunity to exchange ideas with experts. Moreover, this project expose the participants to other young investigators using similar techniques and most likely facing similar problems in their professional life. Finally, this is a great networking opportunity for future experts from the fields of bioinformatics, genomics and personalised medicine. We believe that this event will result in new, fascinating collaborative projects across V4 and beyond.
We plan to organise our main events on annual basis. Every year we will adapt the #NGSchool program accordingly to the current expertise needs. Accordingly, we will invite experts in relevant relevant fields of interest. In addition, we gather feedback and suggestions from our participants & partners. We take this feedback seriously, trying to make our subsequent events even better.
We are primarily financially supported by grants from International Visegrad Fund and several other agencies. None of the things we are doing would be possible without dedication of many people and resources provided by numerous organisations. You can learn more about them on Partners page.
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