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Module 2: What are MAGs?

Good morning team! We hope you enjoyed the weekend and are ready for a new module in the course. Module 2 will dive into metagenomics...

Wrapping up Module 1

Annotation and Reading Continue annotating the first article and thinking about the questions the research group is addressing and their approaches. Contribute ten meaningful annotations...

First in-person lab session tomorrow

Tomorrow is our first in-person meeting to get to know each other and work together to prepare 94 samples for metagenomic sequencing. We will meet...

Course Structure: Consistency and Structure

I wanted to emphasize how we are using a consistent structure to help you learn the material, make connections, and apply the tools for your own analyses. Each...

Pace, Guidelines, and Expectations

While online asynchronous courses provide the benefits of flexibility, one challenge is we must keep up with the assignments. We will work to make sure...