Location & dates EMBL Heidelberg, Germany 3 - 7 Dec 2018
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Programme

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Day 1 - Monday 3 December 2018
TimeSpeakerLocation
08:00 - 09:00

Arrival, Registration & Welcome

Flex Labs A & B
09:00 - 09:30

Course Introduction
Kiran Patil - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Flex Labs A & B
09:30 - 10:30

Inferring community composition and species interaction networks from metagenomic data
Georg Zeller - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Flex Labs A & B
10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break and Meet the Speakers

Flex Labs A & B
11:00 - 13:00

Computer Practical:
Inferring community composition and species interaction networks from metagenomic data
Alessio Milanese - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Georg Zeller - EMBL Heidlerberg, Germany

Computer Training Lab
13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

EMBL Canteen
14:00 - 18:00

Experimental Practical:
Group I: Microbial Community Dynamics (barcoded amplicon sequencing)
Sonja Blasche - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Group II:  Microbial Interactions (GC-MS metabolomics)
Eleni Kafkia (data analysis) - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Dimitrios Konstantinidis - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Training Lab B
18:00 - 20:30

Flash Talk Session and Pizza night

 ATC Rooftop Lounge
Day 2 - Tuesday 4 December 2018
TimeSpeakerLocation
09:00 - 10:15

Analysis of the human gut microbiome and beyond
Peer Bork - EMBL Heidlerberg, Germany

Flex Labs A & B
10:15 - 10:45

Coffee break and Meet the Speaker

Flex Labs A & B
10:45 - 11:45 Kinetic population models and high-throughput measurements of microbial interactions
Tobias Bollenbach - University of Cologne, Germany

Flex Labs A & B
11:45 - 12:15 Coffee break and Meet the Speaker

Flex Labs A & B
12:15 - 13:00 Computer Practical:
Kinetic population models and high-throughput measurements of microbial interactions
Gerrit Ansmann - University of Cologne, Germany
Tobias Bollenbach - University of Cologne, Germany

Computer Training Lab
13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

EMBL Canteen
14:00 - 16:15

Computer Practical:
Kinetic population models and high-throughput measurements of microbial interactions
Gerrit Ansmann - University of Cologne, Germany
Tobias Bollenbach - University of Cologne, Germany

Computer Training Lab
16:15 - 16:30

Coffee break

Flex Labs A & B
16:30 - 18:45

Experimental Practical:
Group I: Microbial Community Dynamics (barcoded amplicon sequencing)
Sonja Blasche - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Group II:  Microbial Interactions (GC-MS metabolomics)
Eleni Kafkia (data analysis) - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Dimitrios Konstantinidis - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Training Lab B
18:45 - 19:45

Dinner

EMBL Canteen
Day 3 - Wednesday 5 December 2018
TimeSpeakerLocation
09:00 - 10:00

Introduction to genome-scale metabolic models and FBA
Paula Jouhten - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Flex Labs A & B
10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break and Meet the Speaker

Flex Labs A & B
10:30 - 11:30

Mapping metabolic interactions in large communities
Kiran Patil - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Flex Labs A & B
11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break and Meet the Speaker

Flex Labs A & B
12:00 - 13:00

Computer Practical:
Genome scale metabolic models for single species and microbial communities
Paula Jouhten - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Daniel Machado - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Kiran Patil - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

 Computer Training Lab
13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

EMBL Canteen
14:00

Group photo

Flex Labs A & B
14:00 - 16:15

Computer Practical:
Genome scale metabolic models for single species and microbial communities
Paula Jouhten - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Daniel Machado - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Kiran Patil - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Computer Training Lab
16:15 - 16:30

Coffee break

Flex Labs A & B
16:30 - 18:45

Experimental Practical:
Group I:  Microbial Interactions (GC-MS metabolomics)
Eleni Kafkia (data analysis) - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Dimitrios Konstantinidis - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Group II: Microbial Community Dynamics (barcoded amplicon sequencing)
Sonja Blasche - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Training Lab B
from 18:45

Course Dinner

Restaurant in downtown Heidelberg
Day 4 - Thursday 6 December 2018
TimeSpeakerLocation
09:00 - 10:00 Spatio-Temporal Genome-Scale Modeling of Microbial Communities
Ilija Dukovski - Boston University, USA

Flex Labs A & B
10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break and Meet the Speaker

Flex Labs A & B
10:30 - 12:30 Computer Practical:
Spatio-Temporal Genome-Scale Modeling of Microbial Communities
Ilija Dukovski - Boston University, USA

Computer Training Lab
12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

EMBL Canteen
13:30 - 14:30 Computer Practical:
Spatio-Temporal Genome-Scale Modeling of Microbial Communities
Ilija Dukovski - Boston University, USA

Computer Training Lab
14:30 - 14:45

Coffee break

Flex Labs A & B
14:45 - 18:45

Experimental Practical:
Group I:  Microbial Interactions (GC-MS metabolomics)
Eleni Kafkia (data analysis) - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Dimitrios Konstantinidis - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Group II: Microbial Community Dynamics (barcoded amplicon sequencing)
Sonja Blasche - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Training Lab B
18:45 - 19:45

Dinner

EMBL Canteen
Day 5 - Friday 7 December 2018
TimeSpeakerLocation
09:00 - 10:00

Genome-based Modeling of Microbial Communities Relevant to Bioremediation
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan, University of Toronto, Canada

Flex Labs A & B
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break and Meet the Speaker

Flex Labs A & B
10:30 - 12:30

Computer Practical:
Dynamic Community Modeling using Dynamic Flux Balance Analysis
Olivia Bulka - University of Toronto, Canada
Ruhi Choudhary - University of Toronto, Canada
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan - University of Toronto, Canada

Computer Training Lab
12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

EMBL Canteen
13:30 - 14:30

Computer Practical:
Dynamic Community Modeling using Dynamic Flux Balance Analysis
Olivia Bulka - University of Toronto, Canada
Ruhi Choudhary - University of Toronto, Canada
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan - University of Toronto, Canada

Computer Training Lab
14:30 - 14:45

Coffee break

Flex Labs A & B
14:45 - 16:45 Analysis of experimental data and presentation

Flex Labs A & B