Design an environmental DNA sampling plan
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences · Biological Sciences & Genetics
BIO-410Environmental DNA Field Methods
Integrates field sampling, contamination control, molecular workflows, sequence analysis, and ecological interpretation for environmental DNA research.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Apply contamination-control and documentation procedures
Interpret sequence evidence in ecological context
Produce a reproducible field-to-analysis report
Course content
Topics and questions
- Sampling design
- Preservation and chain of custody
- Extraction and amplification
- Sequence identification
- Ecological inference and uncertainty
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Field sampling kits
- Molecular laboratory equipment
- Bioinformatics databases and pipelines
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Sampling protocol
- Laboratory record
- Analysis notebook
- Research report
Program relationships
Where this course fits
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