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Lab Skills Course: Metabarcoding for Microbial Ecology


  • SoundBio Lab 1100 Northeast 47th Street #103 Seattle, WA, 98105 (map)

***50% off Pilot Course***

***Dates Changed***

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 20 until September 17, 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

YOU WILL LEARN

  • Identify the major groups of microbes and how they differ from each other

  • Extract DNA from soil, water, and similar environmental samples

  • Amplify, isolate, and purify target DNA using PCR and gel electrophoresis

  • Use cutting-edge software to analyze sequence data 

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Register HERE!

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To reduce barriers to STEM education, we provide fee waivers to those for whom the cost would otherwise be prohibitive. Apply for a fee waiver.

Questions? Email courses@sound.bio.

Earlier Event: April 13
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