Microbial community structure and diversity, and population structure are fundamental aspects to understand evolution, niche adaptation and demographic history of bacterial species. As 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 three day 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.
Everything is possible thanks to the support of CSC.
The course will be on Monday 5th of February, Wednesday 7th of February and Friday 9th of February in the City Centre Campus.
Class rooms:
| Day | Time | Building | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 5.2. | 10-16 | 🏛️ Main Building | U3041 |
| Wednesday 7.2. | 10-16 | 🏛️ Main Building | U3043 |
| Friday 9.2. | 10-16 | 🏛️ Main Building | U3043 |
Course practical part can be found from here: Practicals
This course is targeted at PhD and MSc students who are interested in performing bacterial genomic analyses
- Foundational skills to work with metagenomic 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
Eduroam or Helsinki UniGuest networks are available
👩💻 Docent Jenni Hultman, LUKE
👨💻 University lecturer Antti Karkman, University of Helsinki