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<span lang="EN-US">Metagenomics has quickly become one of the most important discovery tools in microbial ecology. Metagenomics is a powerful tool to study the organisms in microbial communities, that has numerous applications in many areas of biomedical science.
By bypassing the need for laboratory culturing, this technology can unlock the massive uncultured microbial diversity, enabling the microbial component of specific environments to be surveyed, discover new organisms, and explore the dynamic ecology of microbial
populations under changing conditions. The high throughput nature of metagenomics means that huge datasets are generated, and in order to extract biological information from these data, advanced bioinformatics and statistical tools are indispensable.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">From <b>15-19 September 2014</b> we organize a <b>five-day course </b>at NIOO-KNAW in Wageningen. <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br>
</span>Participants will get hands on experience in the analysis and treatment of metagenomic data, including preprocessing and quality filtering, data handling and submission to public archives, annotation, multivariate statistical analyses, and metagenome
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On the last day of the course, <b>19 September 2014</b>, we are organizing <b>an Environmental Metagenomics Symposium<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></b>which will bring together renowned scientists in microbial ecology and bioinformatics, who will
present their recent explorations of the microbiota of different environments. Moreover, we will welcome the presentations of several students of the metagenomics course held in the week leading up to this symposium. Together, this will be an exciting opportunity
to see the latest advances in environmental metagenomics from young talents as well as established leaders in the field. <br>
The symposium is open for everyone interested in environmental metagenomics. Attending the symposium is free of charge, but registration by email is required.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">All information about the programmes of course and symposium and about registration can be found in the attached pdf.<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Our website will be available soon: <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/metagenomics-course" style="color:purple">https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/metagenomics-course</a></span>.<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br>
</span>The organization of course and symposium has been made possible with the generous support of <a href="http://www.allbioinformatics.eu/doku.php" style="color:purple">AllBio.</a><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you are interested in participating in either the course or the symposium, please mark your calendar<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">!</span><br>
You can also indicate your interest in participating by sending an email to Barbara van Kampen (<a href="mailto:Barbara.vanKampen@radboudumc.nl" style="color:purple">Barbara.vanKampen@radboudumc.nl</a>). <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span>You will then
be notified when registration is open.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Best regards,</span></div>
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Bas Dutilh (Utrecht University & Radboudumc)</div>
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Eiko Kuramae (NIOO-KNAW)</div>
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Celia van Gelder (Radboudumc)</div>
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