Science Events in Seattle
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Metabarcoding for Microbial Ecology
Our world is littered with microbial life. From the phytoplankton in the oceans to the bacteria in your gut to the mycorrhizae that form connections between plants in a forest, it is not an overstatement to say that we wouldn’t be alive without them.
In this 5-week course, you will learn a powerful technique for using genetic information to explore the complexity of the microbial world.
Sessions will be held every Tuesday evening starting August 13 until September 10, 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
YOU WILL LEARN
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Identify the major groups of microbes and how they differ from each other
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Extract DNA from soil, water, and similar environmental samples
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Amplify, isolate, and purify target DNA using PCR and gel electrophoresis
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Use cutting-edge software to analyze sequence data
