Online metagenomics training (free) in November 2023
Sarah Dowsland
Free Cloud-SPAN course on
METAGENOMICS
Monday 6th to Friday 24th November 2023.
Join our experts for this free online workshop!
We welcome environmental scientists who would like to use high performance computing for metagenomics analysis, or anyone with an interest in metagenomics to register. No previous experience of the command line or HPC is required.
➡️ Register here! ⬅️
REGISTRATION DEADLINE 18TH OCTOBER
This free course comprises online lectures, regular help drop-in sessions and support via slack.
Following completion you will be able to:
navigate a file system using the command line
log in to and exit your AWS instance (the cloud)
use common commands such as ls, pwd and cd, on the command line
perform quality control on reads and assemble them into a metagenome
perform polishing to improve an assembly
use binning to separate the metagenome into different species or MAGs (Metagenome-Assembled Genomes)
use Kraken 2 to assign taxonomy to reads and contigs and phyloseq in R to analyse taxonomic diversity
We offer Scholarships to enable members of underrepresented groups and those with financial difficulties to participate in our training courses (support is provided for equipment and/or childcare costs) - deadline 18th October 2023.
For details of the schedule and the registration form please visit our website.
If you have any questions contact us at cloud-spa...@york.ac.uk or follow us @Spancloud
