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Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structures (STAMPS)
Special Topics Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory Course Schedule: August 5 - August 15, 2015 Application Deadline: April 8, 2015 Directors: Mitchell L. Sogin and David B. Mark Welch Topics to be covered include but are not limited to acquisition and organization of next generation sequence data; principles of quality control of sequence data and data management; methods of taxonomic assignment and clustering of targeted gene data; assembly, functional classification and characterization of shotgun metagenomic data; statistical models for…
Find out more »Early career workshop on Microbiology of the built environment
Apply for this innovative, multidisciplinary, and highly integrated research-based workshop aimed at enabling and educating globally distributed early career scientists involved in research associated with the microbiology of the built environment. We will provide researchers with the rare and unique opportunity to shape funding opportunities for research focused on the microbiology of the built environment, to consolidate ideas and develop collaborative opportunities for this research field. This workshop calls for applications from early career researchers across disciplines including chemistry, microbiology,…
Find out more »CMB Summer Course on Microbial Ecology (Sydney, Australia)
CMB Summer Course on Microbial Ecology @ SIM 20th — 25th November, 2016 at The Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) Sydney, Australia This course provides an intensive training for scientists interested in the ecology of microorganisms within a range of environments, offering students practical hands-on experience in: Experimental/ sample design and statistical analysis Training in microbial community analysis (16S rRNA gene sequencing and metagenomics) and network analysis Microscopy techniques, including fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) This course is open…
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