Viromics2025

Here you can find information about the advanced module “Viromics Bioinformatics” of the Masters program in Microbiology of the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena.

It consists of 60 hours dry lab work to be completed in two weeks.

You will learn how to analyse bacteriophage sequences with computational approaches, covering the following topics:

Viromics workflow

At the end of the module, you will have the opportunity to present your work to your classmates and the teachers.

If you do not have a solid background in linux/bash, please follow this self-study material before the start of the module.

At the top of the webpage, under “Extras”, you will find notes on:

Schedule

Day 1 09:00 1. Course introduction
10:00 2. Introduction to viromics
12:00 3. Getting to know your files
14:00 4. Sequencing Quality Control
17:00 Finish
Day 2 09:00 5. Assembly lecture
12:00 6. Assembly of a metavirome
16:00 7. Visualizing the assembly
17:00 Finish
Day 3 09:00 8. Identifying Viral Contigs I
14:00 9. Identifying viral contigs II
17:00 Finish
Day 4 09:00 10. Gene Calling and Functional Annotation I
13:00 11. Gene Calling and Functional Annotation II
17:00 Finish
Day 5 09:00 12. Viral taxonomy and phylogeny I
12:00 13. Viral taxonomy and phylogeny II
15:30 14. Visualizing viral taxonomy
17:00 Finish
Day 6 09:00 15. Host Prediction I
12:00 16. Host Prediction II
17:00 Finish
Day 7 09:00 17. Statistics lecture
10:00 18. Designing a research project
17:00 Finish
Day 8 09:00 19. Working on project
12:00 20. Working on project
17:00 Finish
Day 9 09:00 21. Working on project
12:00 22. Prepare Presentation
17:00 Finish
Day 10 09:00 23. Presentation
12:00 24. Send Documentation
15:00 Finish

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.