751-5127-01L  Microbiomics II: Metabarcoding - from Bioinformatics to Statistics

SemesterFrühjahrssemester 2021
DozierendeM. Hartmann
Periodizitätjährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch
KommentarThe course 751-5127-00 Microbiomics I: The microbiome of the plant-soil system is a prerequisit of this course (for MSc students).
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The number of places for MSc-students is limited to 10.
In case of interest, please send a motivation letter (max 1/2 page) to Hartmann Martin (Link) until 28th February 2021. Selection of course participants will be made until 3rd March 2021.

PhD-students from the Plant Science Centre or from the Life Science Zurich Graduate School should register via the Link (> Select Plant Sciences)



Lehrveranstaltungen

NummerTitelUmfangDozierende
751-5127-01 PMicrobiomics II: Metabarcoding - from Bioinformatics to Statistics
Block course from 14-17 June 2021.
30s Std.
14.06. - 17.06.08:15-17:00HG E 41 »
M. Hartmann

Katalogdaten

KurzbeschreibungThis 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.
LernzielAfter the course, the participants will be able to
1) understand the concept, potential and limitation of microbial NGS applications
2) know how to process raw 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
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe 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.

Leistungskontrolle

Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)
Leistungskontrolle als Semesterkurs
ECTS Kreditpunkte1 KP
PrüfendeM. Hartmann
Formunbenotete Semesterleistung
PrüfungsspracheEnglisch
RepetitionRepetition nur nach erneuter Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich.

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Einschränkungen

PlätzePlätze beschränkt. Spezielles Auswahlverfahren.
WartelisteBis 11.03.2021
BelegungsendeBelegung nur bis 05.03.2021 möglich

Angeboten in

StudiengangBereichTyp
Agrarwissenschaften MasterAgriculture and EnvironmentW DrInformation
Agrarwissenschaften MasterAgriculture and EnvironmentW DrInformation
Agrarwissenschaften MasterFunctioning of Soil SystemsWInformation
Agrarwissenschaften MasterGeneral Crop ScienceWInformation
Doktorat Departement UmweltsystemwissenschaftenGraduate Programme in Plant SciencesWInformation
Umweltnaturwissenschaften MasterWeitere WahlfächerWInformation