Metagenomics
Centre for Genomic Research, Liverpool. 25-27 June 2012. Topics covered included:
- Introduction to next generation sequencing platforms
- Introduction to the microbiome and the field of metagenomics
- applications of metagenomics to human health and disease
- Experimental design considerations
- Metagenomic applications in environmental sciences
- Sample preparation
- Introduction to analysis tools and software packages
- Metagenomics of landfill environments
- Metagenomics of the human skin
- Computational processing of 16S data (Computer lab practical)