Trainees in the lab work hands on with real microbiome studies, from samples at the bench to analysis on our servers. Many of the methods they learn are the same ones we teach at workshops across Canada and abroad.
Every trainee learns to work confidently with sequencing data. That includes the command line, running analyses on the lab's servers, and taking amplicon and metagenomic data from raw reads to taxonomic and functional profiles.
Working alongside the Integrated Microbiome Resource, trainees see how microbiome data are generated. They learn how samples are handled and prepared for sequencing, and why those steps matter.
Microbiome Helper is our collection of standard operating procedures, tutorials and scripts for amplicon and metagenomic analysis. It grew out of our own analysis workflows and now forms the core of the material we teach at workshops. Each year's workshop tutorials are kept on the wiki, so anyone can work through them at their own pace.
Since 2015 we have been teaching in the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops.
| Year | Workshop | Where | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | CBW Microbiome Analysis Upcoming | Edmonton, AB | Jan 19–22 |
| 2026 | CBW/CS-DCC Microbiome AnalysisWorkshop page → | Guelph, ON | Sept 15–17 |
| 2025 | CBW Beginner and Advanced Microbiome AnalysisBeginner →Advanced → | Vancouver, BC | May 26–30 |
| 2024 | CBW Beginner and Advanced Microbiome AnalysisBeginner →Advanced → | St. John's, NL | May 27–30 |
If this is the kind of training you are looking for, we would like to hear from you.
