Ancient DNA Analysis (ADNA01) – Applications for Evolutionary Biology
 https://prstats.org/course/ancient-dna-analysis-adna01/
Delivered by experienced researchers in ancient DNA, palaeogenomics, bioinformatics, and population genomics.
Learn how to analyse ancient DNA (aDNA) using modern bioinformatics workflows, with methods that are transforming evolutionary biology, population genetics, palaeogenomics, and evolutionary genomics. The course covers the complete analytical workflow, from sequencing data processing and authentication through to population genomic analyses and evolutionary interpretation. 
Ancient DNA has revolutionised evolutionary biology by providing a direct genetic window into the past. Rather than inferring evolutionary history solely from modern genomes, researchers can now reconstruct demographic history, investigate natural selection, quantify admixture and introgression, trace migration events, and study adaptation through time using DNA recovered from ancient specimens. This course provides comprehensive, hands-on training in the bioinformatics and analytical methods required to process, analyse, and interpret ancient genomic datasets.
What you'll gain
- A strong understanding of ancient DNA technologies and laboratory challenges
- Practical experience processing and analysing ancient sequencing datasets
- Skills in quality control, authentication, mapping, variant calling, and population genomic analyses
- Understanding of contamination assessment, DNA damage patterns, and downstream evolutionary analyses
- Confidence applying ancient DNA methods to evolutionary research
Course format
- Live, instructor-led online training
- Hands-on bioinformatics using real ancient DNA datasets
- Interactive practical exercises throughout
- Strong focus on applied, research-ready workflows
Who is this course for?
- Evolutionary biologists
- Population geneticists and evolutionary genomic researchers
- Palaeogeneticists and molecular evolution researchers
- Bioinformaticians and computational biologists
- PhD students and quantitative life scientists
Why take this course?
Ancient DNA has fundamentally changed our understanding of evolution by allowing researchers to observe evolutionary change directly through time. These methods are increasingly used to reconstruct population histories, identify adaptive evolution, investigate hybridisation and introgression, estimate historical effective population sizes, and examine the genetic consequences of climate change, extinction, and domestication. As sequencing technologies continue to advance, ancient DNA has become an essential tool for studying evolutionary processes across humans, animals, plants, and other organisms.
This course equips you with the practical skills needed to process, analyse, and interpret ancient DNA sequencing data using modern bioinformatics workflows. Whether you're studying population history, adaptation, speciation, phylogeography, natural selection, domestication, or evolutionary genomics, you'll gain the analytical toolkit needed to confidently apply ancient DNA methods to your own evolutionary research.
Learn more & enrol
PR Stats course page for Ancient DNA Analysis (ADNA01)
https://prstats.org/course/ancient-dna-analysis-adna01/
Questions?
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Oliver Hooker
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Advanced Training for Researchers in the Life Sciences
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