Random sign making for this week's on-site course after witnessing some delegates drinking Robinson's neat. I'm now spiralling... is squash British? Is 'squash' as a name a regional thing to Kent (southern England) where I am from? What do you call it where you live?

Yes, I am extra, how did you know? 33 laps around the sun today and feeling grateful for some actual sunshine which is usually not an occurrence on this day of the year!

Our newest free webinar series 'Exploring microbial ecosystems' starts tomorrow with 'Investigating microbial ecology in extreme habitats' presented by @cpavloud.bsky.social of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC)

Registration is free but essential: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

Become familiar with standardised workflows, experimental design, data acquisition (LC-MS, MS imaging), processing, & modelling at our introductory metabolomics course.

Dates: 14 – 17 May 2024
Location: EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute

Apply by 28 Jan: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

Or how about our hands-on course that will introduce you to methods and approaches for analysing genomic data from common livestock species, including cattle, pig, chicken, and sheep.

Dates: 18 – 22 March 2024
Location: virtual
Application deadline: 3 December 2023

www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

Or is mathematical modelling more your thing? Our machine learning, computational modelling, and systems biology focussed course is running again in 2024.

Dates: 11 – 15 March 2024
Location: Virtual
Deadline to apply: 26 November 2023

www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

Time to plug some courses! First up is our annual multi-omics data integration and visualisation course.

Dates: 4 – 8 March 2024
Location: EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, UK

Be quick though, the deadline to apply is this Sunday 26 November 2023: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...