Dear all,

We would like to announce that the registration to the European course on comparative genomics at ENS Lyon (France) from January 12 to 23th, 2009 is now open.

Our course is a two weeks-long series of lectures and round tables on topics such as - Gene and genome duplication - The evolution of non-coding DNA - Evolutionary genomics of the origin of humans - Sex chromosomes and sex determination - Phylogenomics - Bacterial genomics and the origin of life - Genomics of speciation - Transposable elements and the evolution of new genes - The origin of genome architecture - The future of genomics.

Speakers include: M Lynch, K Wolfe, D Charlesworth, L Duret, N Galtier, M Gouy, M Schartl, E Douzery, E Rocha, JN Volff, H Kaessmann, E Green, L Quintana Murci, A Huttenhofer, M Robinson-Rechavi, A Widmer, W Salzburger, B Jordan.

We will accept 35 students.

Registration is free but required. The students will have to make their own arrangements for accomodation, meals and travel.

Registration will be closed on December 17 and results will be released on December 19.

Find registration form and more details at http://lbbe-dmz.univ-lyon1.fr/spip_cg/

With best regards,

Gabriel Marais and Jean-Nicolas Volff

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Dr Gabriel Marais

Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Biometry and Evolutionary Biology Dpt. (UMR 5558) University of Lyon 1 Mendel's building, 16 rue Raphael Dubois 69622 Villeurbanne cedex France

Tel: (+33) (0) 4 72 43 29 09 Fax: (+33) (0) 4 72 43 13 88

Email: marais@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr Web site: http://lbbe.univ-lyon1.fr/

Gabriel Marais marais@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr

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