Workshops
From mothur
If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please feel free to contact Dr. Schloss. He has given 1, 2, and 3 day workshops at the Microbial Diversity Course, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Wisconsin. He can comfortably accommodate 15 people in a class. All that is required is a conference room with a white/chalk board, user supplied laptops, patience, and the ability to pay his travel expenses. You are also free to make a donation to the "Send Mary, Patrick, Joe, John, and Ruth to College Fund".
Here is an example schedule that was used at the University of Massachusetts during the summer of 2009 (note that each audio player has 2 mp3 tracks):
Day 0
Day 1
- AM - Lecture 1: Basics of characterizing microbial communities using molecular methods & searching databases
- PM - Lab 1: Using & searching databases; quick command line tutorial, building databases and aligning sequences in ARB
Day 2
- AM - Lecture 2: Analysis of individual sequences - phylogenetics
- PM - Lab 2: Building trees in ARB, PHYLIP, PAUP*, MrBayes ...
- Night - Potluck at the Schloss's in North Amherst
Day 3
- AM - Lecture 3: Description and comparison of communities
- PM - Lab 3: Community analysis using mothur
