TIGP Biodiversity Program Signature Course: Ecology Masterclass@Taiwan (EMT)

Course running title : Marine Conservation Biology and Diversity: Ecology of the Northeast Coast of Taiwan

The aim of this course is to study the ecology of unique habitats in Taiwan and use modern technology, including Illumina (next generation sequencing, NGS) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT, third generation sequencing) platforms, to test some ecological hypotheses in these habitats. The students will have both theoretical and hands-on training for the entire experimental pipeline: ecological fundamentals, hypothesis testing, field training, molecular biology for genomics analysis, bioinformatics, data analysis and statistical testing, and scientific manuscript writing.

EMT2 (2022) will be focused on addressing whether the protection of fish in Taiwan waters is associated with an expected expansion of its genetic diversity through larger populations. This year will be a collaboration between BRC and Institute for Cellular and Organismic Biology (ICOB) PIs. The main study site will be based out of the ICOB Marine Research Station in Yilan.