Micro-Environment Exploration Lab
NYU Tandon IDM · Spring 2018
Co-taught by Chris Woebken and Elizabeth Hénaff
Sampling, genomic analysis and experimental devices make environmental microbiomes legible and explore new relationships between microbial life and the built environment.
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Sampling, genomic analysis and experimental devices make environmental microbiomes legible and explore new relationships between microbial life and the built environment.
elective · graduate · Elizabeth Hénaff — Co-teacher · Course website · Selected documentation
Micro-Environment Exploration Lab
- SS18 at NYU Tandon - IDMTaught by Elizabeth Hénaff and Chris Woebken
Metagenomics is the field of research which investigates the microbial component of our environment. It is a rapidly growing field, enabled by the recent decrease in cost and increase in throughput of DNA sequencing technology. We can now easily measure the microbial component of our environment and have the opportunity to incorporate this new microbial metric into the design of our built environments and products. In this class we will cover a basic understanding of the state of current research in environmental microbiomes. Students will get hands-on experience in which they will learn the computational methods to analyze genomic data. We will design physical devices to interact with this invisible component of our environment, either in form of sampling instruments, bioreactors or bio receptive substrates that propose new symbiotic relationships with the microbial environment.
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