UCY researchers visit Alfried´s Vogler Lab (NHM, London) for
training in metagenomics
During a three-week training visit (18 Nov - 5 Dec 2019), Víctor Noguerales (postdoctoral researcher at UCY), Emmanouil Meramveliotakis and Andreas Dimitriou (PhD students at UCY) were hosted by Alfried Vogler´s lab at the Natural History Museum (NHM, London) and received personalised lab training in metagenomics.
Specifically, they acquired empirical and conceptual knowledge on high-resolution imaging of bulk samples, high-throughput DNA extraction using an automated purification system and a full set of laboratory techniques for metabarcoding library preparation. The three UCY researchers are now ready to implement the newly learned laboratory techniques in their own research projects and transfer the acquired knowledge to further students and researchers at the University of Cyprus.
For example, Víctor Noguerales will be applying the metabarcoding pipeline on bulk-samples of soil arthropods that he sampled last spring from forest habitats of Cyprus. The main objectives of Víctor´s work are (i) to characterize the species composition and structure of soil arthropods across the main forest habitats in Cyprus, and (ii)understand the geographic and ecological forces driving the inferred alpha- and beta-diversity patterns at different spatial scales.
Specifically, they acquired empirical and conceptual knowledge on high-resolution imaging of bulk samples, high-throughput DNA extraction using an automated purification system and a full set of laboratory techniques for metabarcoding library preparation. The three UCY researchers are now ready to implement the newly learned laboratory techniques in their own research projects and transfer the acquired knowledge to further students and researchers at the University of Cyprus.
For example, Víctor Noguerales will be applying the metabarcoding pipeline on bulk-samples of soil arthropods that he sampled last spring from forest habitats of Cyprus. The main objectives of Víctor´s work are (i) to characterize the species composition and structure of soil arthropods across the main forest habitats in Cyprus, and (ii)understand the geographic and ecological forces driving the inferred alpha- and beta-diversity patterns at different spatial scales.
