Monday 23 October Topic / Activity Instructor Room Slides / Tutorial
13:30-14:00 Registration Leigh Anzio road foyer  
14:00-17:00 Introduction to the Linux command line / intro to R Gerrit / Katie Health - Wolfson Lab 1 Unix intro, Shell tutorial, R tutorial
Tuesday 24 October        
09:00-09:15 Welcome Nicky Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
09:15-10:00 The human microbiome – overview of bacteria, fungi, and viruses Shantelle Health - Wolfson Lab 1 I, video 1
10:00-10:30 The correct study design to answer the research question at hand (16S vs whole genome) Shantelle Health - Wolfson Lab 1 II, video 1, video 2
10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
11:00-12:00 Microbiome research: where are we now? Shantelle Health - Wolfson Lab 1 III, video 1, video 2, video 3
12:00-13:00 How important is sample collection and DNA/RNA extraction when profiling microbial communities Shantelle Health - Wolfson Lab 1 IV
13:00-14:00 Lunch   MAC club  
14:00-15:00 Library preparation for 16S rRNA sequencing Shantelle Health - Wolfson Lab 1 V
15:00-15:30 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
15:30-17:00 16S rRNA sequencing bio-informatics pipeline: the theory Samson Health - Wolfson Lab 1 The microbiome: analysis of NGS data
Wednesday 25 October        
09:00-09:45 16S analysis pipeline - QC, OTU picking, classification, alignment Gerrit Health - Wolfson Lab 1 Data analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplicons
09:45-10:30 Tutorial in usearch and QIIME Gerrit / Samson Health - Wolfson Lab 1 usearch and QIIME tutorial
10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
11:00-12:30 Tutorial in usearch and QIIME Gerrit / Samson Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
12:30-13:30 Lunch   MAC club  
13:30-15:00 Tutorial in usearch and QIIME Gerrit / Samson Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
15:00-15:30 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
15:30-17:00 Tutorial in usearch and QIIME Gerrit / Samson Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
Thursday 26 October        
09:00-09:45 Downstream analysis in R - Phyloseq, NMF Katie / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1 Downstream analysis intro, Downstream analysis in R tutorial
09:45-10:30 Downstream analysis in R - Phyloseq, NMF Katie / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
11:00-12:30 Downstream analysis in R - Phyloseq, NMF Katie / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
12:30-13:30 Lunch   MAC club  
13:30-15:00 Downstream analysis in R - Phyloseq, NMF Katie / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
15:00-15:30 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
15:30-17:00 Downstream analysis in R - Phyloseq, NMF Katie / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
Friday 27 October        
09:00-10:00 Overview of shotgun sequence analysis Katie Aadil Moerat Conference Room Introduction to metagenomics
10:00-10:30 Talk by CBIO researcher on their microbiome work Kirsty Aadil Moerat Conference Room Kirsty’s talk, Kirsty’s poster
10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
11:00-12:30 Working through parts not completed during practicals or helping participants with their own data. Gerrit / Katie / Samson / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
12:30-13:30 Lunch   MAC club  
13:30-15:00 Working through parts not completed during practicals or helping participants with their own data. Gerrit / Katie / Samson / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1  
15:00-15:30 Coffee / tea break   IDM cafeteria  
15:30-17:00 Working through parts not completed during practicals or helping participants with their own data. Gerrit / Katie / Samson / Jerome Health - Wolfson Lab 1