Introduction to Metagenomics Data Analysis of Microbial Communities

4 - 6 May 2026

Mme Corinne Dentan, CUSO StarOmics Dre Valeria Di Cola, SIB Dre Sarah Miéville, CUSO Microbiologie

Dr Laurent Falquet, UNIFR M. Jeferyd Yepes-Garcia, UNIFR

This course will cover the metagenomics data analysis workflow from data generation to downstream analysis. Participants will explore the tools to manage, share, analyze and interpret metagenomics data. The content will include issues of data quality control and how to process the data until publication. Both targeted marker-gene (e.g., 16S) and whole-genome shotgun (WGS) approaches will be covered. Discussions will also explore considerations when selecting the sequencing options (long or short reads), exploring targeted data to OTUs or ASVs, assembling and binning metagenomics data, the analyses that can be carried out, and what downstream analyses options and tools are available. Audience This course is addressed to life scientists (PhD or postdocs) who are working in the field of metagenomics and are currently in the early stages of data preparation or data analysis. At the end of the course, the participants are expected to: Know the concepts of metagenomics; Understand and compare the two main methods (targeted vs whole genome); Perform QC and cleaning of the data; Comprehend about various databases and pipelines; Evaluate the results of the pipelines; Identify downstream analysis options.

UNIFR

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