Genomics and Bioinformatics in Environmental Microbiology

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will cover emerging genomics and bioinformatics approaches in environmental microbiology. Topics covered will include microbial community characterization by 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomic sequencing as well as pure-culture genomic methods such as transcriptomics and genome sequencing. The course will include lecture, literature review, and an in-depth project applying the covered methods.