Workshop Agenda

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Time Event Speaker/facilitator
8:00 Coffee  
8:30 Welcome from the Northeast Area Director Dariusz Swietlik
8:35 Welcome from the NAL Director Paul Wester
8:40 Meeting goals and objectives Brian Scheffler
8:50 Group introductions All
9:15 Ceres and linux commands Jonathan Shao
9:45 Overview of amplicon sequencing Adam Rivers
10:30 Break  
10:45 Group tutorial 1: amplicon sequencing All
12:00 Lunch. Attendee is responsible for lunch.  
1:00 Amplicon sequencing tutorial continues All
3:00 Break  
3:20 Managing large scale amplicon projects Dan Manter
3:45 Scientific needs discussion 1 All
4:15 Reports from groups 1 All
3:25 Scientific needs discussion 2 All
4:55 Reports from groups 2 All
5:05 End of session  

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Time Event Speaker/facilitator
8:00 Coffee  
8:30 Overview of metagenome sequencing Adam Rivers
9:15 Group 2 tutorial: Metagenomics All
10:30 Break  
10:45 Metagenomics Tutorial continues All
12:00 Lunch. Attendee is responsible for lunch.  
1:00 Metagenomics reproducibility and error Scott Jackson
1:15 Panel discussion on benchmarking in metagenomics Scott Jackson
2:00 Discussion of on microbiome applications in agriculture All
2:45 Report of microbiome applications in agriculture All
3:00 Break  
3:15 Differential expression in metatranscriptomes All
4:30 Workshop wrap-up and survey