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Microbiome Bioinformatics Helpline

Need guidance or advice about your microbiome analyses? Visit the CoMS Microbiome Bioinformatics Helpline office hours! 

  • Microbiome Bioinformatics Helpline office hours are for researchers who are performing their own microbiome analyses and may need expertise, advice, or troubleshooting on code, tools, or approaches – from beginners to advanced practitioners. Drop in with your questions or your data and get expert help from our microbiome instructors!
  • The link for weekly office hours is provided below (Tuesdays, 10 am via Zoom). Office hours can include Q&A or discussion about microbiome, virome, or advanced ecological statistics analyses.
  • To ensure that our instructors are prepared to assist you, please click on the intake form link below and complete a short survey to tell us a little about your research question and data. A Microbiome Bioinformatics Helpline team member will then get back to you.

Resources for Grad Students!

  • Microbiome Science Grad Student Union: 

CoMS Graduate Student Union (GSU) | Center of Microbiome Science

Microbiome Bioinformatics Helpline Leads

Ricardo Pavan

Ricardo Pavan, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate 

pavan.4@osu.edu

Kim Ndlovu

Kimberley S. Ndlovu, PhD student 

ndlovu.3@osu.edu

 

 

Microbiome Bioinformatics Helpline

Office hours on Tuesdays from 10 am – 11 am EST/EDT

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://go.osu.edu/coms_microbiome_bioinformatics_helpline