Author: Alexander Sczyrba

Alexander Sczyrba is a researcher at the Bielefeld University.

CAMI Challenge is Now Open for Participation

By Alexander Sczyrba   Posted in Bioinformatics Information and Resources Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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Dear metagenome method developers, The first challenge of the Initiative for the Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI) begins right now! Over the last three months, we received valuable feedback from the community playing with our toy data sets. We incorporated many of your suggestions, thanks again! Today, we proudly release the official data sets …

The Initiative for the Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI)

By Alexander Sczyrba   Posted in Bioinformatics Information and Resources News Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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In just over a decade, metagenomics has developed into a powerful and productive method in microbiology and microbial ecology. The ability to retrieve and organize bits and pieces of genomic DNA from any natural context has opened a window into the vast universe of uncultivated microbes. Tremendous progress has been made in computational approaches to …