Introduction

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor

  • Introduces microbiome analysis framework
  • For participants with sufficient programming skills
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Schedule

Day 1 — Monday: Introduction to Bioconductor & data containers Day 2 — Tuesday: Data wrangling Day 3 — Thursday: Diversity Day 4 — Friday: Differential abundance & advanced topics

Practicalities

  • Each topic: short lecture + demonstration
  • Majority of time: hands-on practice
  • Materials follow the OMA online book

Questions

  • What are r BiocStyle::Biocpkg("mia") and OMA?
  • How microbiome data science is conducted in r BiocStyle::Biocpkg("SummarizedExperiment") ecosystem?
  • What benefits this new ecosystem have compared to previous approaches?

Objectives

  • Analyze microbiome data using the r BiocStyle::Biocpkg("SummarizedExperiment") ecosystem
  • Create & interpret visualizations
  • Explore documentation & tools via the OMA book

References

https://microbiome.github.io/