MBDP Genomics course spring 2022

1. General introduction
2. Schedule
3. Target group
4. Learning outcomes
5. Help with connections
6. Organizers and teachers

General introduction

Microbial community structure and diversity, and population structure are fundamental aspects to understand evolution, niche adaptation and demographic history of bacterial species. As HGT sequencing has become cost effective and accessible, sequencing populations of bacteria across the whole genome provides unprecedented resolution to investigate within-host evolution, transmission history, and population structure. During the one week course the students will learn and apply bioinformatic techniques to analyze bacterial genomes, perform population genetic analyses and visualize their results. The goal is to become familiar with the bioinformatic analysis tools and to be able to utilize them in own research after the course.

Schedule

The course will be from Monday 28th of March to Friday 1st of April in EE-building, Viikki.

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Target group

This course is targeted at PhD and MSc students who are interested in performing bacterial genome analyses

Learning outcomes

• Foundational skills to work with bacterial genome data
• Familiarity and practice with bioinformatics tools
• Perspective and confidence to apply these skills in your own work
• Empower you to ask and answer the questions you have of your own data

Help with connections

Eduroam or Helsinki UniGuest networks are available

Organizers and teachers

Docent Jenni Hultman, University of Helsinki

Docent Antti Karkman, University of Helsinki

PhD Tania Keiko Shishido Joutsen, University of Helsinki

MSc Endrews Delbaje, University of Sao Paulo

Docent David Fewer, University of Helsinki

Feedback

https://presemo.helsinki.fi/mbdp105/