Next generation metagenomics

Abstract:: The majority of life on this planet is microbial and cannot easily be cultured or studied, however, these microbes are essential for human health, agriculture and the environment. Metagenomics is the study of these microbial communities by DNA sequencing. The current bottleneck in metagenomics is the ability to analyse the vast amount of data produced by next generation sequencing technology. We aim to develop and implement methods for next generation sequence analysis of whole microbial communities, to observe community composition and variation within and across species, to reliably assemble metagenomic sequence data, using a metagenomics-aware assembly method and to integrate these methods within a user friendly software package. '',
Grant type:: ARC Linkage Projects
Funded by:: Australian Research Council

The University of Queensland