BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260628T060919Z UID:c34ea055-51e4-42b8-92e5-2faf0ee203f8 DTSTART:20240417T090000Z DTEND:20240417T170000Z DESCRIPTION:Most microbial ecologists understand the importance of rigorous statistical analysis for conducting a replicable study. However\, formal courses in the statistical analysis of high-dimensional ecological data ar e rare\, and traditional courses in applied statistics may not teach skill s applicable to modern microbiome analysis.\n\nThis webinar will introduce foundational concepts in statistics\, with a focus on applying these conc epts to the analysis of modern microbiome datasets. To illustrate these co ncepts\, we will use the field of "differential abundance" as a case study . We will contrast popular differential abundance parameters and estimator s\, specifically focusing on estimating meaningful contrasts using high-th roughput sequencing data.\n\nYou may either watch the entire presentation from the introduction or navigate directly to a specific section by clicki ng the links provided below:\n\n- [Introduction](https://embl-ebi.cloud.pa nopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=04072199-13c4-4382-9f3e-b155010a592f &\;start=12.173022)\n\n- [Three approaches to analysing data](https://e mbl-ebi.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=04072199-13c4-4382-9 f3e-b155010a592f&\;start=145.786619)\n\n- [Case study: Microbial abunda nce parameters](https://embl-ebi.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.asp x?id=04072199-13c4-4382-9f3e-b155010a592f&\;start=498.244)\n\n- [RadEmu and its application](https://embl-ebi.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/View er.aspx?id=04072199-13c4-4382-9f3e-b155010a592f&\;start=1290.244)\n\n- [Examples of statistical tools suitable for different parameters](https:// embl-ebi.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=04072199-13c4-4382- 9f3e-b155010a592f&\;start=2169.243999)\n\n- [Q&\;A](https://embl-ebi .cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=04072199-13c4-4382-9f3e-b15 5010a592f&\;start=2245.134705) LOCATION:\, SUMMARY:Statistical thinking for microbial ecology URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/statistical-thinking-mi crobial-ecology END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR