Phylogenetic analysis of next-generation sequencing data

One main application of next-generation sequencing techniques is sequencing
environmental samples (metagenomics) consisting of a mixture of organisms.
An important and challenging task is perform a taxonomical analysis of
the sequencing reads to determine which types of organisms the most likely
came from. In this thesis, the goal is use develop a new approach,
based on standard phylogenetic methods, to assign reads to taxa at different
levels of the NCBI taxonomy. (For additional motivation, see http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/)

Supervisors are Prof. Daniel Huson and Prof. Stephan Schuster (Penn State University).

Please contact: Daniel Huson