Many Latin American countries are hotspots for biodiversity, most of which have been characterized only to a very limited extent. This course aims to provide knowledge on available approaches, methods and tools to perform studies on biodiversity employing modern high-throughput sequencing approaches. After the course, participants will have learnt how to select the appropriate sequencing approach and experimental setup, how to access, control quality and clean data, and to analyze and interpret results using available bioinformatics tools.

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at wet-lab researchers at any career stage within Latin America who are working with and/or generating their own plant genomic and/or microbial genomic/transcriptomic datasets.

Basic computational or previous bioinformatics experience is required for this workshop, and an undergraduate level knowledge of biology would be an advantage.
 

A number of travel fellowships are available for this course - early-stage researchers and researchers from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply for CABANA travel fellowships. You can apply for travel fellowships via the course application form.

What will I learn?

Learning outcomes

After this course you should be able to:

• Select an appropriate sequencing approach and study design to address your specific biodiversity questions
• Access a range of data types from leading public repositories
• Process sequence data from various approaches for biodiversity analysis using Galaxy pipelines
• Interpret results of DNA based biodiversity analysis

Trainers

In order to be considered for a place on this course applicants must complete the online application form.

Incomplete applications will NOT be considered. 

If you have any queries about the registration process please email Piv Gopalasingam.

The registration fee includes:

• Tea/coffee and lunches will be provided for the duration of the course
• Course dinner on Thursday 11th April
• Use of the course training room and computers
• Course materials provided
• Course certificate