Studying host and environmental systems through the lens of microbiomics
Event details
| Date | 22.11.2022 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Shinichi Sunagawa, Sunagawa Lab - Microbiome Research, ETH Zurich |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
The use of DNA sequencing data from environmental and host-associated samples has enabled researchers to study of microbial community diversity and function in unprecedented ways. This increase in potential possibilities, however, has also posed new methodological challenges such as profiling taxonomic community compositions, reconstructing microbial gene and genome sequences, and accurately predicting genomic coordinates of inducible prophages, all starting from short sequence fragments. Overcoming these challenges shows great promise not only in identifying metagenome-wide associations with disease states or environmental factors, but also uncovering the biosynthetic potential harbored within an ecosystem and previously unsuspected microbial groups.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Alexandre Persat