Challenges and opportunities of environmental metagenomics

Challenges and opportunities of environmental metagenomics

Statistics and Genomics Seminar
Mar 31, 2016, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Zhong Wang, Joint Genome Institute
Complex microbial communities consists of thousands of species that are difficult to culture in laboratories. High throughput shotgun sequencing has recently become a powerful tool to study these communities. Studying diverse microbial communities from various environmental habitats has significantly enhanced our understanding of their roles in renewable energy, climate change and many other...