Summer School 2016 in Metagenomics

Metagenomics, the sequencing of DNA directly from a sample without first culturing and isolating the organisms, has become the principal tool of “meta-omic” analysis. It can be used to explore the diversity, function, and ecology of microbial communities.

The aim of these 4 days workshop will be to give researchers and students an overview of the tools and bioinformatics techniques available for the analysis of next generation sequence data from microbial communities. Its content will focus on the taxonomic assignment and the functional analysis of metatranscriptomic and metagenomic data. The format will comprise a mixture of lectures and hands-on practical tutorials where students will process example data sets in real-time.

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