Undergraduate
BCH428H: Genomics of microbial communities in human health and beyond
This 4th year undergraduate course, run with Dr. Alex Ensminger through the department of Biochemistry, focuses on the application of ‘omics technologies to study microbial genomics in the context of populations, as well as complex communities. The course features a mix of traditional lectures, online videos and reading and hands-on computer labs.
Graduate
MMG1327H: Microbiomes in Health and Disease
A six week topics course open to graduate students from the departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry. This course examines how next generation sequencing technologies as well as systems modelling have been applied to the study of microbiomes. The course features a mixture of lectures and student-led journal presentations. A course assignment focuses on a dry-lab tutorial that takes the students through the process of analyzing a next generation sequence dataset generated from complex microbial communities
National
CBW-IMPACTT Microbiome Analysis
This three day workshop has been offered annually since 2015, with the occasional break for global pandemics. With a cap of 30 students, this workshop combines formal lectures with hands on workshops to take users through the analysis of 16S rRNA surveys, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Dr. Parkinson leads the metatranscriptomics section. Lectures may be found on YouTube.