Program of this course : 

• Presentation of the objectives of the course, 
• Overview on high-throughput sequencing (methods, equipment, trends,..), 
• Student article presentations to illustrate some applications of high-throughput sequencing, 
• Analysis of raw data sets in tutoring (16s metagenomic data analysis). 

› Teaching strategies : Supervised project, seminars. 

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyse metagenomic data generated through untargeted approaches (e.g. 16S, 18S amplicons data) with any tools dedicated to this type of analysis, 
• Understand the main steps of untargeted metagenomic analyse and know some tools dedicated to such analysis, 
• Understand the main steps of transcriptomics and metatranscriptomic analysis.

Importantly this course aims at giving you the knowledge necessary to exploit the information generated by high-throughput sequencing in order to be able to adapt to the permanent evolution of the discipline.

Training that complements classical molecular biology approaches, allowing the exploration, through the use of bioinformatics tools, of the vast source of data generated by "omics" methods.

A good academic knowledge in molecular biology. 

First session :

• 30% oral ongoing assessment, 
• 70% written ongoing assessment. 

Evaluation of projects, reports, presentations. 

Second session : 100% written final exam.