Lecturers:	Suparna Mitra, and Prof. Dr. Daniel Huson
Type of course:	Seminar for Bachelor Bioinformatic students. Credits: 4 LP / 2SWS.
Time and location:	Thursday, 9:00 (=s.t.)-10:00, A104
First session:	Thursday, 17 April 2008, 9:00 (s.t.), A104
Office hours/contact:	Suparna Mitra
Obligatory registration by email with matriculation number to: (Registration is closed)	Suparna Mitra

Outline and scope:
Presentation topics will include current trends in

Genomics (Comparative Analysis,...) and
Metagenomics (Our Special Session "Oceanic Metagenomics")

Literature used for the different presentations are up-to-date scientific reviews and articles which will be provided to the speakers. Further autonomous literature search is expected.

Each speaker will hold a ~45' talk and present the relevant results to all participants. All presentations will be given in English.
To sign up for this seminar please send an email to Suparna Mitra

Schedule:

Title
Speaker
Date
Time
Supervisor

Preliminary discussion

17.4.
09:00

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24.4.

Introduction to Metagenomics
Prof. Huson
8.5.
09:15 - 10:15

Metagenomics-Overview
Johannes Junker
29.5.
09:15 - 10:15
Suparna Mitra

Microbial Ecology
Dominik Damerow
5.6.
08:30 - 09:30
Suparna Mitra

Oceanic Metagenomics-I
AND Oceanic Metagenomics-II
Martin Roetzschke
& Markus List
12.6.
09:15 - 11:15
Suparna Mitra

Oceanic Metagenomics-III
Jasmin Kuttner
19.6.
09:15 - 10:15
Suparna Mitra

Oceanic Metagenomics-IV-Summary Joerg Vetter
26.6.
09:15 - 10:15
Suparna Mitra

Microbial Communities & Soil Bacteria
Annette Treichel
3.7.
09:15 - 10:15
Suparna Mitra

Sequence Patterns & Composition
AND Phylogenetic methods for comparison
Guenter Jaeger
& Marina Mueller
10.7
09:15 - 11:15
Dr. Markus Goeker