Education

Graduate Training at Duke:

Graduate training opportunities are available in DMC laboratories. Please inquire with individual investigators for openings and graduate program affiliations. DMC investigators are members of the following Duke Graduate training programs: Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Program in Biomedical Engineering, and the Biology Graduate Program.

Outside Resources:

The Ohio State University has put together a set of online education resources:

Microbiome Informatics Webinar Series (Spring 2021) 

Related Courses at Duke:

Course #: Course Name: Instructor:
BME 590 Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering: Metabolic
Networks & Metabolic Design
Michael Lynch
BIO 212L General Microbiology Amy Schmid
BIO 308A/ENVIRON 308A/GBLHEALTH 308A Oceans and Health Dana Hunt
BIO 311 Systems Biology Amy Schmid
BIO 346 Symbiosis: From Organelles to Microbiomes François Lutzoni
BIO 369LA/704LA Biological Oceanography Zachary Johnson
BIO 374LA Marine Molecular Ecology Zachary Johnson
BIO 380LA Marine Molecular Biology Dana Hunt
BIO 522S Origins of Cellular Life Amy Schmid
BIO 540L Mycology Rytas Vilgalys
BIO 557L Microbial Ecology and Evolution Rytas Vilgalys
BIO 723 Statistical Computing for Biologists Paul Magwene
CBB 520 Genomic Tools and Technologies Fred Dietrich
CBB 574 Modeling and Engineering Genet Circuits Lingchong You
CBB 720 Sequencing-Based Genomics Tim Reddy
CEE 462L(124L) Biological Principles in Environmental Engineering Marc Deshusses or Claudia Gunsch
CEE 562(244) Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering Marc Deshusses
CEE 566(250) Environmental Microbiology Claudia Gunsch
CEE 661(239L)/BME 565L Environmental Molecular Biotechnology Claudia Gunsch
CEE 690 Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering Josh Granek
ENVIRON/BIO 627-01 Molecular Ecology Jennifer Wernegreen
ENVIRON/GENOME 750 Genomics Microbial Diversity Jennifer Wernegreen
MGM 582 Microbial Pathogenesis Multiple Faculty
MGM 720 Computational Tools for Next Generation Sequencing Fred Dietrich
UPGEN 778 Exploring the Microbiome Lawrence David, John Rawls, Neil Surana