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751-5127-01L 1 Credits MSC , DR D-USYS

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Microbiomics II: Metabarcoding - From Bioinformatics to Statistics

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Martin Hartmann

The course 751-5127-00 Microbiomics I: The microbiome of the plant-soil system is a prerequisit of this course (only for MSc students). Master and PhD-students from the ETH Zurich should register through myStudies. All other PhD-students should register via the (> Select Plant Sciences)

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Abstract

This computer block course provides a thorough introduction to the application of next-generation sequencing techniques for analyzing diversity of microbial communities. Using a combination of theoretical lectures and hands-on computer exercises, the participants learn the computational steps from bioinformatic processing of sequencing reads down to the final statistical evaluations.

Objective

After the course, the participants will be able to 1) understand the concept, potential and limitation of microbial NGS applications 2) analyze metabarcoding data to obtain meaningful information 3) use multivariate statistical methods evaluate and visualize microbial community data 4) make informed decisions on best practices for their own data

General Information

Language: English
Levels: MSC , DR
Frequency: Yearly recurring

Examination

Type: ungraded semester performance

Registration & Places

Max Places: 16
Signup End: 03.06.2024

Course Components