We are happy to launch the 4th Edition of “Principles of Evolution Course: biology through time & organizational levels” (POE), on behalf of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology (SESBE), and Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC).
The course will take place at Reserva Biológica de Doñana, within the National Park (Huelva, Spain) 11-22 January 2027.
This intensive course will cover broad aspects of the evolutionary process, across multiple timescales, organizational levels, and phylogenetic breadth. It will balance teaching of essential concepts with in-depth discussions of the forefront topics in each of the subdisciplines. It will combine theoretical and hands-on sessions, with ample opportunity for discussion, in an exceptional natural environment. The course will address multiple central topics in evolutionary biology:
Origin of life and eukaryogenesis – Evolution of multicellularity – Paleobiology and paleoanthropology – Phylogenomics and macroevolution – Population genetics – Phylogeography, landscape genetics and speciation – Epigenetics – Sexual selection – Evolutionary developmental biology – Evolutionary ecology
The course is aimed at 15 early career researchers (PhD students and early postdoctoral fellows) with a strong focus in evolutionary biology in their projects.
Patricia Álvarez – Marta Barluenga – Ozren Bogdanovic – David Buckley – Pau Carazo – Elena Casacuberta – Fernando Casares – Santiago Elena – Borja Figueirido – Francisco García-Gonzalez – José A. Godoy – Ivan Gomez-Mestre – Josefa González – Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer – Iker Irisarri – Sin Yeon Kim – Christoph Liedtke – Ignacio Maeso – Íñigo Martinez-Solano – Jesús Marugan-Lobón – Dean McKeown – Borja Milá – Juli Peretó – David Posada – Ana Riesgo – Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
The course fee will be 300€, 250€ for members of SESBE, and will include transportation from Seville to the National Park and back, board and lodging.
If you are interested in participating in the course, please send an Expression of Interest (2 pages max.) and an updated CV before November 5th 2026 to igmestre@ebd.csic.es and/or marta.barluenga@mncn.csic.es.
