Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce our summer school on data integration with microbial networks and community models taking place in Leuven from 24-25th September 2025. The school will introduce students at the Master and PhD level to different data integration methods to derive biological hypotheses from sequencing data of microbial communities. These methods include black-box approaches that do not require a mechanistic understanding (e.g. association networks, machine learning) and white-box approaches that do (mathematical models). The latest developments in the field will be covered through research talks, while tutorials will give participants hands-on experience with selected methods. For more information and registration, please visit: http://msysbiology.com/microbialdataintegration/ Kind regards, The organising team Karoline Faust & Haris Zafeiropoulos