High-­‐Throughput  Sequencing  Data  and  Analysis  June  30-­‐July  3  

 

   This   4-­‐day   workshop   will   introduce   scientists   working   at   universities   and   research  institutes  to  the  analysis  of  high-­‐throughput  sequencing  data.  The  course   focuses  on  how  the   latest   technologies   facilitate   the   measurement   of   gene   expression   levels,   the  assessment  of  microbial  diversity,  and  the  resolution  of  phylogenies  and  population  genetic  analyses.   Kim   Hoke   from   Colorado   State   University   and   Lauren   O’Connell   from  Harvard  University  are  the  instructors.    The  course  objective   is   to  help  participants  critically  evaluate   the  use  of  high   throughput  approaches   in   their   fields   of   expertise   and   to   conduct   analyses   such   as   assembling  transcriptomes,   identifying  microbes  present   in  a  sample,  and  comparing  DNA  sequences  and  expression  levels  across  samples.  Lectures  will  complement  extensive  exercises  in  the  computer  lab.      Participants   should  be   familiar  with   standard  methods  of  molecular   evolution   (e.g.   those  relying  upon  Sanger  sequencing)  and  have  some  experience  with  programming.  The  course  will  be  taught  in  English.    The  course  will  be  held  at  Universidad  Tecnológica  Indoamérica  in  Quito  and  limited  to  20  participants.  Participants  will  pay  a  $50  course  fee,  although  requests  for  fee  waivers  will  be  considered.  A  detailed  program  and  link  to  online  application  are  available  at  the  course  website:  http://hokelab.weebly.com/quito-­‐workshop-­‐2014.html      Contact  Kim  Hoke  with  questions,  kim.hoke@colostate.edu.    Support   for   this   course   is   provided   by   the   National   Science   Foundation   and   National  Institute  of  Health  P50  GM068763  to  LAO.