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Metagenomics: Making Microbes Matter

This is a project which is currently making use of HPC facilities at Newcastle University. It is active.

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Project Description

Conduct bioinformatic analyses for the OFWAT funded Metagenomics: Making Microbes Matter project, aiming to catalog and optimize the UK's wastewater biological infrastructure. https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/winners/metagenomics/


Software or Compute Methods

General bioinformatics tools including aligners (BWA / Bowtie) , assemblers (SPADES / Megahit ), etc, along with image analysis tools for FISH microscopy image processing.