About this Event
Agenda
9:30-9:45 | Introduction and Setup
Topics:
- Brief overview of microbiome data structures
- Loading data into R
- Data pre-processing
- Review of key packages
9:45-10:15 | Describing the Microbiome - Alpha Diversity
Topics:
- Summarizing composition by taxonomy level
- Alpha diversity metrics
- Visualizing community composition
10:15-10:55 | Comparing Samples - Beta Diversity and Ordination
Topics:
- Distance Metrics
- Ordination Methods
- Adding metadata and estimating confidence
10:55-11:05 | Break
11:05-11:40 | Co-Occurrence and Network Visualizations
Topics:
- Detecting and visualizing microbiome associations
- Correlation methods
- Graph-based visualization
11:40-12:10 | Linking microbiome to metadata
Topics:
- Constrained ordination
- Correlation heatmaps
12:10-12:30 | Wrap-up and discussion
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bioscience Research Collaborative, 6500 Main Street, Houston, United States
USD 10.00







