[BBC] Environmental Metagenomics Symposium, 19 September 2014, Wageningen, the Netherlands

[Celia.vanGelder at radboudumc.nl]

Dear colleague,

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.

On 19 September 2014, we are organizing an Environmental Metagenomics Symposium 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.
The symposium is open for everyone interested in environmental metagenomics.

Symposium website: http://nioo.knaw.nl/en/metagenomics-symposium
Symposium fee:  Attending the symposium is free of charge, but you have to register via the symposium website

A pdf with the programme of both course and symposium is attached to this mail.

The organization of course and symposium has been made possible with the generous support of AllBio.<http://www.allbioinformatics.eu/doku.php>


Best regards,

Bas Dutilh (Utrecht University & Radboudumc)
Eiko Kuramae (NIOO-KNAW)
Celia van Gelder (Radboudumc)





Dr. Celia W.G. van Gelder
Projectleader Education NBIC/BioSB
Coordinator Education CMBI
Programme Manager Learning DTL
tel. +31-(0)24-3666120
e-mail: Celia.vanGelder at radboudumc.nl<mailto:C.vanGelder at umcn.nl>
websites: www.nbic.nl<http://www.nbic.nl/>,  www.biosb.nl, www.cmbi.ru.nl<http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/>, www.dtls.nl

Postal address:
CMBI 260
Radboud University Nijmegen-Medical Centre
PO Box 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands




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