Natural Science 0251 - Bioinformatics: Community Analysis

Bioinformatics:Community Analysis: Learn the foundations of bioinformatics with a hands-on class using real data. We will explore how to analyze microbial population data from a large, diverse array of microorganisms by sequencing and analyzing 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene amplicons. This type of dataset is extremely common in environmental microbiology, medical microbiology, and even applies to other ecology fields. This course will focus heavily on coding using RStudio and large spreadsheets. The final report of this course will *hopefully* be published in a peer-reviewed journal! This year, we will be exploring how graywater impacts the mycobiome (18S) and microbiome (16S) of soil communities and plant growth. Keywords:microbiology, bioinformatics, environmental, ecology, computational Division II Supported Project Keywords:microbiology, mycobiology, bioinformatics, environmental, ecology

Environments and Change Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time