3  Introduction to metagenomics

3.1 Presentation on the fundamentals of metagenomics

During the opening presentation, you will learn about the main approaches of metagenomics projects. The presentation will provide a brief step-by-step guide on planning and conducting your analysis and disseminating your results.

Learning Objectives

• Learn to choose the most appropriate metagenomics approach
• Understand the pros and cons of different methods
• Being able to plan your own metagenomics project
• Realise that metagenomics is the way forward in your work
• Realise that metagenomics is maybe not the way forward in your work
• Being able to follow developments on the field

3.2 Presentation material

The presentation is accessible on Google Slides on the following link

3.3 Summary

Key Points

• Metagenomics is a trendy, emerging technique
• If planned and conducted well it provides significant improvement over traditional microbiology techniques
• It is proved to be a useful tool in many different areas e.g., in public health, genomics, ecology, environmental science