Last chance to sign up for our "Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy" workshop on 28 October!
It's free and in-person, but only open to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.
Register now!
It's free and in-person, but only open to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.
Register now!
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy
This workshop will give you an introduction to using QIIME2 in Galaxy
www.eventbrite.com
October 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Last chance to sign up for our "Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy" workshop on 28 October!
It's free and in-person, but only open to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.
Register now!
It's free and in-person, but only open to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.
Register now!
Registrations are now open for the next edition of the online course #Metabarcoding in Microbial Ecology with Anna Sandionigi & Luigi Borruso
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#Metabarcoding #MicrobialEcology #Qiime2 #Rstats
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#Metabarcoding #MicrobialEcology #Qiime2 #Rstats
October 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Registrations are now open for the next edition of the online course #Metabarcoding in Microbial Ecology with Anna Sandionigi & Luigi Borruso
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#Metabarcoding #MicrobialEcology #Qiime2 #Rstats
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#Metabarcoding #MicrobialEcology #Qiime2 #Rstats
Our October newsletter is out. Inside you’ll find:
• Our latest prostate cancer and endometriosis research news (including a Nature publication!)
• Spring workshops: Introduction to Targets, Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2
• The return of Bioinformatics Meetups
And a whole lot more!
• Our latest prostate cancer and endometriosis research news (including a Nature publication!)
• Spring workshops: Introduction to Targets, Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2
• The return of Bioinformatics Meetups
And a whole lot more!
Melbourne Bioinformatics October Newsletter
Here is our upcoming training program. We have workshops suitable for beginners and experts alike!
8 October
Introduction to Targets
This course is designed to encourage best practices in writing R analyses.
Lead trainer: Michael Milton (WEHI)
More information and registration
28 October
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2
This workshop will give you an introduction to using QIIME2 in Galaxy.
Lead trainer: Dr Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics) and Dr Ashley Dungan (BioSciences)
More information and registration
All of our workshops are free, but are open only to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates. Follow us on Eventbrite to be notified immediately when new workshops are opened for registration.
Workshop booked out? Can't make it in person? Much of the training material we use is available for free on MBITE or elsewhere, including:
mailchi.mp
October 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Our October newsletter is out. Inside you’ll find:
• Our latest prostate cancer and endometriosis research news (including a Nature publication!)
• Spring workshops: Introduction to Targets, Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2
• The return of Bioinformatics Meetups
And a whole lot more!
• Our latest prostate cancer and endometriosis research news (including a Nature publication!)
• Spring workshops: Introduction to Targets, Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2
• The return of Bioinformatics Meetups
And a whole lot more!
Take our "Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2" workshop to learn how Galaxy Australia's QIIME2 tools can be used for data import, taxonomic analysis, building phylogenetic trees, and basic visualisations.
Led by Ashley Dungan and Tristan Reynolds on 28 October, at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne.
Led by Ashley Dungan and Tristan Reynolds on 28 October, at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne.
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy
This workshop will give you an introduction to using QIIME2 in Galaxy
www.eventbrite.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Take our "Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2" workshop to learn how Galaxy Australia's QIIME2 tools can be used for data import, taxonomic analysis, building phylogenetic trees, and basic visualisations.
Led by Ashley Dungan and Tristan Reynolds on 28 October, at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne.
Led by Ashley Dungan and Tristan Reynolds on 28 October, at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne.
You'll learn how to: describe the structure of amplicon sequencing data; implement a reproducible QIIME2 workflow; calculate and interpret ecological diversity metrics; integrate microbiome structure with biological context; and critically evaluate 16S rRNA gene amplicon data.
September 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You'll learn how to: describe the structure of amplicon sequencing data; implement a reproducible QIIME2 workflow; calculate and interpret ecological diversity metrics; integrate microbiome structure with biological context; and critically evaluate 16S rRNA gene amplicon data.
This workshop is free for University of Melbourne staff, students and affiliated organisations. However, you must register using an affiliated institutional email. Some Galaxy experience is assumed.
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy
This workshop will give you an introduction to using QIIME2 in Galaxy
www.eventbrite.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This workshop is free for University of Melbourne staff, students and affiliated organisations. However, you must register using an affiliated institutional email. Some Galaxy experience is assumed.
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy
Learn to analyse 16S rRNA gene amplicon data using QIIME2 tools on Galaxy Australia.
28 Oct | 10 AM–2 PM
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne
Free
Trainers: Tristan Reynolds & Ashley Dungan
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-m...
Learn to analyse 16S rRNA gene amplicon data using QIIME2 tools on Galaxy Australia.
28 Oct | 10 AM–2 PM
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne
Free
Trainers: Tristan Reynolds & Ashley Dungan
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-m...
September 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy
Learn to analyse 16S rRNA gene amplicon data using QIIME2 tools on Galaxy Australia.
28 Oct | 10 AM–2 PM
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne
Free
Trainers: Tristan Reynolds & Ashley Dungan
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-m...
Learn to analyse 16S rRNA gene amplicon data using QIIME2 tools on Galaxy Australia.
28 Oct | 10 AM–2 PM
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne
Free
Trainers: Tristan Reynolds & Ashley Dungan
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-m...
3. Cover of Methods in Ecology and Evolution for our Anacapa Toolkit (for the metabarcoding kids here before Qiime2)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
3. Cover of Methods in Ecology and Evolution for our Anacapa Toolkit (for the metabarcoding kids here before Qiime2)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
SILVAdb 138_2 is now my default. Here's the head-head-comparison of GreenGenes2 and Silva138 output
(note: GG2 on bottom was generated from qiime2 classifier, while silva138_2 was generated with mothur)
(note: GG2 on bottom was generated from qiime2 classifier, while silva138_2 was generated with mothur)
October 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
SILVAdb 138_2 is now my default. Here's the head-head-comparison of GreenGenes2 and Silva138 output
(note: GG2 on bottom was generated from qiime2 classifier, while silva138_2 was generated with mothur)
(note: GG2 on bottom was generated from qiime2 classifier, while silva138_2 was generated with mothur)
A lot is changing with our documentation, including a transition from a single-source to multiple sources. Learn more in this News post on the forum: forum.qiime2.org/t/the-qiime-...
#qiime2 #bioinformatics #documentation #jupyterbook
#qiime2 #bioinformatics #documentation #jupyterbook
July 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A lot is changing with our documentation, including a transition from a single-source to multiple sources. Learn more in this News post on the forum: forum.qiime2.org/t/the-qiime-...
#qiime2 #bioinformatics #documentation #jupyterbook
#qiime2 #bioinformatics #documentation #jupyterbook
Happy Monday! Start your week off w/ a new QIIME 2 release: @qiime2 2024.2. There's a lot in this one, including new parallel actions in the shotgun distribution, a fancy new visualizer (summarize-plus), for summarizing feature tables & performance enhancements and minor fixes throughout. Enjoy!
QIIME 2 2024.2 is now available!
The QIIME 2 2024.2 release is now available! Thanks to everyone involved for their hard work! 🙌🏼 🎉 As a reminder, our next planned QIIME 2 release is scheduled for May 2023 (QIIME 2 2023.5), but plea...
forum.qiime2.org
February 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Happy Monday! Start your week off w/ a new QIIME 2 release: @qiime2 2024.2. There's a lot in this one, including new parallel actions in the shotgun distribution, a fancy new visualizer (summarize-plus), for summarizing feature tables & performance enhancements and minor fixes throughout. Enjoy!
#QIIME2 2023.9 is now available! Exciting updates include an alpha release of our shotgun #metagenomics distribution, fully integrated provenance replay within the framework, batched decontam analysis, and more! Thank you contributors!!
forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-20...
forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-20...
October 20, 2023 at 6:49 PM
#QIIME2 2023.9 is now available! Exciting updates include an alpha release of our shotgun #metagenomics distribution, fully integrated provenance replay within the framework, batched decontam analysis, and more! Thank you contributors!!
forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-20...
forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-20...
Vlasovets, Schaipp, Simpson, Bolyen, Caporaso, Mueller: Sparse regression, classification, and microbial network estimation in QIIME2 with q2-classo and q2-gglasso https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15520 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.15520 https://arxiv.org/html/2604.15520
April 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Vlasovets, Schaipp, Simpson, Bolyen, Caporaso, Mueller: Sparse regression, classification, and microbial network estimation in QIIME2 with q2-classo and q2-gglasso https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15520 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.15520 https://arxiv.org/html/2604.15520
I’ll be working to get it integrated with the @qiime2.org plugin and available through bioconda soon!
February 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I’ll be working to get it integrated with the @qiime2.org plugin and available through bioconda soon!
The QIIME 2 team has two variants on workshops with associated content
youtube.com/@qiime2?feat...
I’m less familiar but I think Pat Schloss has a Mothur series on his channel
youtube.com/@qiime2?feat...
I’m less familiar but I think Pat Schloss has a Mothur series on his channel
QIIME 2
The QIIME 2 YouTube channel.
youtube.com
October 5, 2024 at 3:39 AM
The QIIME 2 team has two variants on workshops with associated content
youtube.com/@qiime2?feat...
I’m less familiar but I think Pat Schloss has a Mothur series on his channel
youtube.com/@qiime2?feat...
I’m less familiar but I think Pat Schloss has a Mothur series on his channel
Befuddled by batch effects? Check out our simple, non-parametric solution for 16S case-control studies in @PLOSCompBiol <a href="http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006102" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006102 -- method available as a @qiime2 plugin thanks to @cduvallet
Correcting for batch effects in case-control microbiome s...
Author summary Batch effects are obstacles to comparing r...
journals.plos.org
November 13, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Befuddled by batch effects? Check out our simple, non-parametric solution for 16S case-control studies in @PLOSCompBiol <a href="http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006102" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006102 -- method available as a @qiime2 plugin thanks to @cduvallet
we were excited to be a part of the latest @qiime2 publication -- contributing a beginners tutorial on data analysis (https://github.com/Gibbons-Lab/ccmb_workshop) and a novel method for correcting batch effects in case-control data sets...
November 13, 2024 at 3:27 PM
we were excited to be a part of the latest @qiime2 publication -- contributing a beginners tutorial on data analysis (https://github.com/Gibbons-Lab/ccmb_workshop) and a novel method for correcting batch effects in case-control data sets...
Excited to visit the University of British Columbia at Okanagan next week! @thaasophobia and I will run a bioinformatics workshop on 16S data analysis and batch correction <a href="http://www.ccmbworkshop.com/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.ccmbworkshop.com/ - thanks @cduvallet for making our batch correction method available in @qiime2!
November 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Excited to visit the University of British Columbia at Okanagan next week! @thaasophobia and I will run a bioinformatics workshop on 16S data analysis and batch correction <a href="http://www.ccmbworkshop.com/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.ccmbworkshop.com/ - thanks @cduvallet for making our batch correction method available in @qiime2!
Interested in learning/teaching the basics of 16S amplicon data analysis in @qiime2? @thaasophobia has created a @github repo containing our recent @CCMB_Workshop tutorial (https://gibbons-lab.github.io/ccmb_workshop/), along with all input and output files...
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November 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Interested in learning/teaching the basics of 16S amplicon data analysis in @qiime2? @thaasophobia has created a @github repo containing our recent @CCMB_Workshop tutorial (https://gibbons-lab.github.io/ccmb_workshop/), along with all input and output files...
@thaasophobia @cduvallet @ejalm @gregcaporaso @qiime2 @isbsci @uwescience @NatureBiotech for folks looking to batch-correct your data, @qiime2 includes the q2-perc-norm plugin for our percentile normalization method (thanks to @cduvallet!), developed in @ejalm's lab...
November 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
@thaasophobia @cduvallet @ejalm @gregcaporaso @qiime2 @isbsci @uwescience @NatureBiotech for folks looking to batch-correct your data, @qiime2 includes the q2-perc-norm plugin for our percentile normalization method (thanks to @cduvallet!), developed in @ejalm's lab...
@thaasophobia @cduvallet @ejalm @gregcaporaso @qiime2 @isbsci @uwescience @NatureBiotech for those interested in @qiime2 tutorials, check out their website, and you can also find @thaasophobia's tutorial (which includes a tutorial of q2-perc-norm) here:...
November 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
@thaasophobia @cduvallet @ejalm @gregcaporaso @qiime2 @isbsci @uwescience @NatureBiotech for those interested in @qiime2 tutorials, check out their website, and you can also find @thaasophobia's tutorial (which includes a tutorial of q2-perc-norm) here:...
@thaasophobia @cduvallet @ejalm @gregcaporaso @qiime2 @isbsci @uwescience @NatureBiotech thanks to @wrfseattle for supporting our efforts!
November 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
@thaasophobia @cduvallet @ejalm @gregcaporaso @qiime2 @isbsci @uwescience @NatureBiotech thanks to @wrfseattle for supporting our efforts!
The QIIME2 paper is out! Proud to have contributed to this amazing resource, along with @thaasophobia, @cduvallet, and @ejalm. Thanks to @gregcaporaso & @qiime2 team for making our methods more accessible & reproducible! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-019-0209-9 @isbsci...
Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microb...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The QIIME2 paper is out! Proud to have contributed to this amazing resource, along with @thaasophobia, @cduvallet, and @ejalm. Thanks to @gregcaporaso & @qiime2 team for making our methods more accessible & reproducible! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-019-0209-9 @isbsci...
Excited that folks are reaching out to ask about how to use @thaasophobia's MICOM metabolic model of the gut microbiome. Wanted to remind the community that MICOM can now be run as a @qiime2 plugin. Detailed tutorial can be found here...
November 13, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Excited that folks are reaching out to ask about how to use @thaasophobia's MICOM metabolic model of the gut microbiome. Wanted to remind the community that MICOM can now be run as a @qiime2 plugin. Detailed tutorial can be found here...