This program is geared towards training biologists (undergraduates, graduates and researchers) with minimal or no bioinformatics experience. Space is limited.

Hosted online by The National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), Santa Fe, NM

November 8 – November 12, 2021 (5 days)

 Objective

DE: In workshop 1, students will acquire the skill set to independently analyze RNA-Seq data using the command line interface, analytical workflows and         current DE tools. UNIX fundamentals, RNA-Seq, data QC, alignments, read count generation and pathway analysis. Visualization will also be briefly covered with topics such as generation of simple graphs using R and utilizing genome browsers (e.g. Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV)).

Metagenomics: students will use the command line interface to learn and conduct 16S Community Profiling and whole genome Metagenomics and meta transcriptomics analysis. Relevant tools such as QIIME2 will be used for community analysis and Centrifuge, MEGAN, DIAMOND and other tools for meta transcriptomics analysis.

 Topic overview

DE entails examining the fraction of the genome that is responsible for making products that drive organismal function. Gene expression is influenced by various extrinsic physiological and environmental as well as several intrinsic properties of the organism. Whole transcriptome profiles are becoming increasingly popular, useful and generate large volumes of data. Knowing how to handle, analyze, and make biological inferences on this scale of data is a valuable skill-set for students and researchers.

Microbes are extremely essential for every part of human life.  Microbes are closely associated with plants and animals and participate in the healthy functioning of hosts by making all nutrients, vitamins and metals available to them.  Our gut microbes for instance make energy from food available to us while protecting us from other pathogenic bacteria. Hence it is evident, microbes do not conduct these functions as single entities, instead as complex communities. Through metagenomics workshop, we will use computational methods to maximize our understanding of the collective genetic composition as well as the activities of complex microbial communities sampled from diverse environments.

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