Purpose: 

The purpose of this lab was to discuss the posters seen during URSA scholars week and become familiar with using the Mac console terminal. Qiime 2 was downloaded and important terms were learned that are necessary for moving forward.

Procedure:

1. Discuss URSA posters
2. Qiime 2 presentation
3. Introduction to Terminal
4. Learn important commands in Terminal
   1. “conda update conda” “conda install wget”, etc.
5. Download Qiime 2/ miniconda
6. Work through the online tutorial and record information learned.
7. When done with QTM log of computers and turn in assignment.

Results: 

No data was collected

Conclusion: 

We were able to successfully install Qiime 2 onto our personal Macs if we had them. It was necessary to use Apple computers as they can run Linux software required for the Qiime 2 program. The QTM gave us a general overview into terms we need to know moving forward and the type of graphics we will interpret. Its necessary that everyone has a basic understanding of the system so we can move forward with the bioinformatic section of our research. We are still awaiting access to the atmosphere program so we can begin metagenomic analysis of our sample.

Future Goals: 

It is important we as a class become proficient in using the Terminal on an Apple computer so we can keep moving forward in our research. Hopefully when results are processed we can analyze biodiversity (mainly ciliates) of our trees at Baylor.