Metagenomics Course
This course teaches metagenomics for environmental water studies. You will learn sampling design, DNA/RNA extraction, sequencing strategies, bioinformatics workflows, and statistical analysis. These skills help generate reliable taxonomic and functional insights for biological science applications, ensuring reproducible and publication-ready results.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides a practical guide to design and conduct robust water metagenome studies, from sampling to data interpretation. You will learn to plan comparative experiments, select sequencing strategies, optimize nucleic acid extraction, and manage contamination and bias. Additionally, master bioinformatics workflows, statistical analysis, visualization, and validation for reliable, reproducible, publication-ready results.
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Develop skills
- Design water metagenomics studies with clear hypotheses, controls, and metadata.
- Optimize sequencing strategies by selecting platforms, depth, and hybrid methods.
- Execute clean lab workflows to extract high-quality DNA/RNA from water samples.
- Run complete bioinformatics pipelines including QC, taxonomic profiling, MAGs, and annotation.
- Analyze and report results with diversity stats, functional profiles, and clear figures.
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