ANTH 572M - Anthropological Genomics

Credits: Variable

Students will generate their own genomic data via serum samples from BU’s Biospecimen Archive using novel next-generation sequencing techniques. Students will learn how to extract DNA, build next-generation sequencing (NGS) libraries, sequence those libraries on an Illumina MiSeq, then process the resulting genomic data using various bioinformatics applications and computational pipelines. These genomic data will then be visualized and interpreted using R statistical computing. In the end, students will be able to process human tissue for DNA analysis, interpret genomic data resulting from massively parallel sequencing, and deliver the results to their peers in report and presentation form. Offered regularly.