The new massive open online course (MOOC) begins on January 16 How Genomes Evolved, taught by Francisco Javier Novo, professorof Genetics the School of Science , and which already has nearly 900 registrants on the Miriadax platform.

Divided into five modules with content 100% in English, the course aims to explain to anyone with a background in biology how recent advances in genomics offer new insights into the evolutionary processes that have shaped genomes, from the first living beings to the present day.

According to his manager, the science popularizer Javier Novo -author of the book Genes, microbes and cells (RBA, 2011) - this course "will allow us to explore, in addition, some of the genetic innovations that are supposed to be exclusive to humans. In particular, those that have allowed our brain to reach its incredible level of complexity".

This online course will start on January 16 and will last until February 13. Those interested in signing up can do so through the Miriadax platform.