Great opportunity to get familiar with microbiome bioinformatics platform!
750653S Special seminar in biology: Advanced bioinformatics for metagenomics and population genomics, 3 op, 16.3.- 22.3.2018 Teachers: Antonio González Peña (University of California San Diego), Matthew Dillon (Northern Arizona University), Luke Thompson (University of California San Diego) and Jari Oksanen (University of Oulu) The course is funded by University of Oulu Graduate School, TNS-DP
The course is an advance level introduction to one of the most used amplicon analysis pipelines the open-source software QIIME2- next-generation microbiome bioinformatics platform (qiime2.orghttp://qiime2.org/). Beside computer class exercises the aim of the course is to familiarize participants with technical details of QIIME2, and in particular introduce participants into the next-generation platform (launched 2018). The last day will focus on community analysis in R including phylogenetic and functional diversity analysis. We expect participants to have some basic knowledge of environmental microbiology/microbial ecology, especially nucleic-acid based methods. Previous coding experience is beneficial but not necessary. Introduction to UNIX and R is held on 16th March (mandatory for all students). Participants will be selected based on a max. 1 page motivation letter where current and future research plans are briefly stated, with special focus on why you need this course right now. Please specify your previous experience with UNIX and R and notice that this is a graduate level course (PhD students, post docs and M.Sc. students with special needs i.e. for their M.Sc. thesis). Participants will present their own microbiological or environmental research with 5 min oral presentation prepared beforehand. Obligatory attendance at lectures and exercises and max. 2 page report (evaluate what you have learned and how can/will you use it in your future research) are mandatory to pass the course. Maximum number of students is 25.
You can find the course in WebOodi, 750653S Special seminar in biology: Advanced bioinformatics for metagenomics and population genomics. Please register in WebOodi and send a motivation letter to kaisa.lehosmaa@oulu.fimailto:kaisa.lehosmaa@oulu.fi by 23rd February 2018 (continued deadline)