Metatranscriptomics analysis using microbiome RNA-seq data in Galaxy

advanced bioinformatics
online
omics
basic bioinformatics
ELIXIR
live training

Metatranscriptomics analysis using microbiome RNA-seq data in Galaxy

Target Audience:
All scientists
Location:

Online

General context

Metatranscriptomics analysis examines how the microbiome responds to the environment by studying the taxonomic composition and functional analysis of genes expressed by the microbiome, using microbial community RNASeq data and subsequent metatranscriptomics workflows. This workshop will introduce researchers to the basic concepts and tools from the ASaiM-MT workflow. ASaiM-MT provides a curated collection of tools to explore and visualize taxonomic and functional information from metatranscriptomic sequences.

The workshop trainers will update attendees on the latest developments in Galaxy tools and workflows for functional microbiome and multi-omics analysis.

Objectives
  • Choose the best approach to analyze metatranscriptomics data

  • Understand the functional microbiome characterization using metatranscriptomic results

  • Understand where metatranscriptomics fits in ‘multi-omic’ analysis of microbiomes

  • Visualise a community structure

Required skills

No prior bioinformatics knowledge is required, however a basic understanding of the Galaxy platform and metatranscriptomics experiments is definitely helpful to get more out of the course. 

Program

Introduction to functional microbiome analysis
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Metatranscriptomics analysis using Galaxy framework
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Resources available for microbiome analysis and Q&A
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