Seminar Metagenomics
| Lecturers: |
Prof Daniel Huson, Suparna Mitra and Nico Weber |
| Type of
course: |
Originally advertised as a BSc course, will be run as a MSc course, since only MSc students have expressed interest in this seminar. Credits: 4 LP |
| Time
and location: |
Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00, Seminarraum F118, Sand 6/7, Sand 13 |
| First
session: |
Thursday, Oct. 29th, 2009 |
| Office
hours/contact: |
Daniel Huson, Suparna Mitra, Nico Weber |
| Obligatory
registration by
email with matriculation number to: |
Suparna Mitra |
Outline and scope:
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.
Topics will include: latest high-throughput sequencing technologies, the 1000 genomes project, online resources for genomics and metagenomics, metagenome projects and metagenome analysis.
Each speaker will hold a ~30' talk and present the relevant results to all participants. Additionally, a hand-out of approx. 15 pages must be prepared before the talk. All presentations will be given in English.
To sign up for this seminar please send an email to Suparna Mitra
Schedule:
Date
Topic
Speaker
Supervisor
17.11.09
Introduction to Metagenomics &
Metagenomics and Microbial diversityCharlotta Schaerfe
Roland RussSuparna Mitra
Nico Weber
24.11.09
Metagenomics and Sequencing
Christian Zielke
Suparna Mitra
01.12.09
Metagenomics and MEGAN
Mario Staerk
Suparna Mitra
08.12.09
Applied Metagenomics I &
Applied Metagenomics IITill Helwig
Steffen SassSuparna Mitra
Nico Weber
15.12.09
Metagenomic Classification
Israa Mohamed
Prof. Huson
22.12.09
Holidays
29.12.09
Holidays
05.01.10
Holidays
12.01.10
Soil Metagenomics I &
Soil Metagenomics II Hannelore Clement
Ricardo Neves Nico Weber
19.01.10
Break
26.01.10
Break
02.02.10
Marine Metagenomics &
Mathematical techniques in MetagenomicsKlevis Pandeli
Pramod Kaushik MudrakartaSuparna Mitra
Nico Weber

