Past Training
Bioinformatics
Microbiome Metabarcoding Data Analysis
ABOUT
The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), in collaboration with DIPLOMICS, will be
running a training workshop aimed at upskilling of researchers interested in Microbiome 16S rRNA
metabarcoding research.
The training will be focused on bacterial 16S rRNA metabacording, however, the fundamental techniques learnt can be applied to other organisms and marker genes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the conclusion of the workshop, participants will have learned about the following:
Understanding the mechanisms and chemistry behind Next Generation Sequencing technologies used in microbiome studies
General consideration in the design of sampling protocols and experimental approaches
Generating metabarcoding libraries and multiplexing
Dataset curation
Generation of OTUs (Operational taxonomic units)
Classification of sequence reads
Data analyses: Species diversity indices, NMDS, PCoA (using R)
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