Microbiomics II: Metabarcoding - from bioinformatics to statistics (ETHZ 751-5127-01L)
| 2025_FS_MicoBiomII | |
| 10.06.2025 - 13.06.2025 | |
| 4 days | |
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Start registration period: 29.11.2024 End of registration period: 12.05.2025 |
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| ETH Zurich, centre | |
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| Free of Charge for all Master and PhD students (PSC, LSZGS), PhD students (i.e. PSC, LSZGS) have priority), | |
| This computer block course provides a thorough introduction to the application of next-generation sequencing techniques for analyzing diversity of microbial communities with a main focus on the metabarcoding technique. The topics covered by the course range from bioinformatic processing of sequencing data to the most important approaches in multivariate statistics. Using a combination of theoretical lectures and hands-on computer exercises, the participants will learn the computational steps from processing raw sequencing reads down to the final statistical evaluations. For more details, please see the abstract. | |
| Hartmann Martin, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich | |
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| PhD students Master students, only if they attended PART I and if places are available. | |
| The participants should have some background in microbial ecology and understand the basics of next-generation sequencing techniques as a tool to study microbes in the environment. Participants that are not familiar with these topics are encouraged to take the course unit «The Microbiome of the Plant-Soil System: Part I» as preparatory class (mandatory for master students). No programming or scripting expertise is required, but some basic experience with using command line applications is of advantage since not all the basics can be thoroughly covered in that short amount of time. However, some basic introduction to UNIX-based command line applications will be provided on the first day. All hands-on exercises will be run on UNIX-environments (Linux, Mac) and participants are expected to bring their own UNIX-based laptop (please consult your IT representative if necessary). All statistical analyses will be run in R using RStudio (any operating system). Participants should have installed the following software packages on their computers: Miniconda, R and RStudio, all other software tools will be installed on site using the Miniconda package manager. | |
| English | |
| In order to obtain the ECTS points, participants are required to actively participate during the four course days. | |
By registering you agree to the PSC course terms and conditions AGBs | |
| Cancellation of a course registration should be arranged with the course coordination office psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch and is possible free of charge up to 2 weeks before the course starts. Later cancellations and failure to attend or incomplete attendance without documented justification will incur a fee of 200 CHF. | |
| ETH students (Master and PhD students) have to register via MyStudies only, to ensure valid registration ! | |
| Dr. Bojan Gujas (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch) | |
| BG_FS25_Microbiomics_II.pdfvertical_align_bottom |