Training in Metagenomics Data Analysis @NIH, USA, Nov 7-10,2016

[aabi]

Hands-on Training in Metagenomics Data Analysis
November 7-10, 2016

Where?
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 60, Room 162
Bethesda, MD 20892

Objectives
This training will introduce participants to the end-to-endsolutions for analyzing metagenomic data, starting from data quality analysis, alignment, community profiling, taxonomic comparison and novel taxa discovery.

Hands-on Skills/Tools Taught

• Processing and Analysis : mothur, FLASh
• Analysis : Permanova
• Analysis : ANOSIM
• Marker analysis : LEfSe
• Marker analysis : QIIME
• Functional analysis : PICRUSt
• Metagenomics analysis : A5miseq
• Contig annotation : MEGAN
• Functional analysis : bioBakery
• Advanced visualizations : phyloseq
• Network analysis : Cytoscape

Highlights

• Participants will work with a Graphic User Interface based Linux Desktop environment in the Amazon Cloud, that is specially configured to run popular open source metagenomics analysis tools.
• Participants will be provided with free access to the fully configured Amazon Machine Image for their personal use after the training.
• Participants will also receive a cookbookstyle manual for all the handson exercises.
• After training support is also provided through exclusive members only forum.
• Hands-on training provided by NIH researchers active in the field of metagnomics

For more information and registration, please visit the following page;
Information and Registration

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[GA-J]

I am interested.Have to be on site? A little far away.

[aabi]

Yes. This is an in-person, hands-on training course.
Might be worth the travel, considering the topics to be covered and the potential to establish professional relationships (with the instructors from NIH and with the other participants) during the training. We usually have participants not only from NIH institutes, but also from across the country and even from outside the country.

[GA-J]

Does the training fee include the stay(hotel+food)? I may want to attend with my own cost. Thanks for your information.

[aabi]

Unfortunately not. The fee does not include the stay (hotel+food). You can check with FAES@NIH (contact info available at the registratio page) to see if they have any options to provide you with any special rate, especially since you would be attending with your own cost.