Presentations:
- NGS Agenda.doc (13.9KB) - Agenda
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) has taken the Front Stage as a tool to understand the environment around us. It is being used globally to track outbreak strains of bacteria, monitor microbial communities and understand changes in populations of organisms based on temporal and forced stimuli. While the utility of NGS is obvious, many questions still remain. What IS NGS? What is the science behind the technology? How do I perform an experiment? How do I analyze my data? What do the data mean? This workshop seeks to shed light on NGS so that even the newest person to this field can understand what NGS is and what it can be. We will provide sessions on the technology, data analysis and using the data to make strain comparisons. We will also provide a sample data set for attendees to work on in-session and then discuss the results from the hands-on session.