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Welcome to the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network (REMNet), and learn how you can incorporate next-generation microbiome sequencing into your biology course curriculum.

Transcript for REMNet Introduction to Instructors

A Student’s Introduction to Urban Microbiomes: Have you ever wondered about the microbiome of the environment around you? Let us introduce you to a new way of observing and studying micriobial communities in the built environment.

Transcript for REMNet: A Student's Introduction to Urban Microbiomes

Please explore the resources and training tools we have for faculty and students studying microbiomes in their course curricula.

Transcript for REMNet: Online Resources

Here are some introductory steps for designing a microbiome research project for your undergraduate course.

Transcript for REMNet: A Student's Guide to Experimental Design

Open 16S raw microbiome data files, and prepare your data for down stream analyses.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, Excel Pt 1: Accessing Your Microbiome Data

Learn about the contents of the Data Summary file provided by the Authentic Research Experience in Microbiology (AREM) program of REMNet.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 2: Understanding Your Microbiome "Data Summary" Document

Organize your 16S microbiome taxa summary data using the Average and Count functions, the Sort and Conditional Formatting tools, and formulas for the SUM function.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 3: Organizing Your Microbiome Data

Isolate and analyze a subset of your16S microbiome project’s Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) at a specific taxonomic level using the Text to Columns, Remove duplicates and Sort tools, and the SUM IF and COUNT IF functions.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 4: Focusing on Taxonomy

Make heat maps by exploring features of the Conditional Formatting Tool.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 5: Making Heat Maps

Learn the basics of working in the R software environment and how to load necessary packages to analyze microbiome datasets.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 6: Making Microbiome Column Charts (5/3/19)

Learn the basics of working in the R software environment and how to load necessary packages to analyze microbiome datasets.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, R Part 1: Getting Started in R with Microbiome Data (5/3/19)

Learn how to import key data files for 16S microbiome data analyses.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, R Part 2: Importing Your Microbiome Data into R (5/3/19)

Explore the details within your microbiome metadata file, and practice the commands to produce alpha diversity plots from your sequence data.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, R Part 3: Creating Alpha Diversity Plots in R (5/2/19)

Transform microbiome data and produce taxa bar plots commonly used in published literature.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, R Part 4: Creating Taxa Plots in R (5/2/19)

Control for sequencing variability by using the commands to normalize your microbiome dataset.

Transcript for REMNet Tutorial, R Part 5: Normalizing Microbiome Data in R (5/2/19)