EUTOPIA_HEALTH Transdisciplinary Training at UBB – 2025 edition

As part of the EUTOPIA_HEALTH project, UBB invites motivated researchers, including PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, to join an intensive transdisciplinary training in Bioinformatics and Advanced Computational Skills in OMICs, titled From data to biologically relevant information. Short course on how you can retrieve the biology hidden in lists. 

Trainer: Prof. Éva Csősz, PhD, DSc – Professor of Biochemistry, Executive Committee Member, European Proteomics Association (EuPA), Chair, EuPA Conferences & Communication Committee, Council Member, Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), ELIXIR-HU Training Coordinator

Prof. Éva Csősz is an expert in biochemistry, proteomics, and metabolomics, and will guide the trainees on how to turn raw OMICs data into meaningful biological insights.

Highlights of the Training 

• The nature of the OMICs data 

• Data types: targeted/biased vs. untargeted/unbiased data 
• Publicly accessible proteomics databases, ELIXIR platforms 
• Omics data quality control, missing values, imputation 
• Statistical analysis, differentially abundant proteins (DAPs), FDR 
• Network generation and visualisation – network analysis (String, Cluego, Ingenuity Pathway Analysis) 
• Functional analysis/pathway analysis 
• Biomarker/potential biomarker – criteria for biomarker selection 
• Network analysis and pathway analysis on data downloaded from public repositories 

More details about the training programme can be found here.

Who Can Apply?

Researchers, including PhD students and postdoctoral fellows with relevant scientific background in biology, chemistry, bioinformatics, or another health-related field, from the EUTOPIA_HEALTH consortium:

• Widening partners: Babes-Bolyai University (UBB), Romania; University of Ljubljana (UL), Slovenia; NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA), Portugal
• Non-widening partners: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE), Italy; CY Cergy Paris University (CY), France; University of Gothenburg (GU), Sweeden; Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona (UPF), Spain; University of Warwick (UW), United Kingdom

Good to know

• A laptop is required for all sessions. The necessary software should be installed in advance.

• Participation is free of charge.
• 15 seats are available and admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Venue & Date

Hotel Universitas, Cluj-Napoca, 52–54 Plopilor Street, 4000535, 30–31 October 2025

IMPORTANT: The training is primarily organised as an on-site event; however, for participants from Non-widening institutions, online participation can be considered in exceptional circumstances. For such requests, please contact us at health.eutopia@ubbcluj.ro.

How to Apply?

Fill in the registration form by 24 October 2025 – link here.