First hands-on workshop in Marine Metagenomics organised in Tromsø

The first hands-on workshop in Marine Metagenomics was organised in Tromsø, November 26-30. In the workshop, the participants were introduced to the research field of metagenomcis, with focus on samples from the marine environment.

ELIXIR Norway, with its subnode in Tromsø, has long-standing expertise in marine metagenomics. Sub node leader in Tromsø, Professor Nils P. Willassen, has co-lead a work package on this subject in the ELIXIR Excelerate H2020 project, and continues to co-lead the new ELIXIR Community for marine metagenomics in the new program for ELIXIR in 2019-23.