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ITS 1/2 vs LSU D1-D3 Amplicons for Fungal Identification and Taxonomic Classification

  • Igenbio, Inc. 1021 West Adams Street Chicago, IL, 60607 United States (map)

Join Dr. Vinayak Kapatral and learn about the strengths and weaknesses of two fungal taxonomic classification methods.

May 5th, 2026 at 1:30 PM (CT) / 2:30 PM (ET) / 11:30 AM (PT)


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In this webinar you will learn about:

  • Targeted Amplicon sequencing approaches: ITS 1/2 and LSU D1-D3

  • Primer and sequencing technology choices

  • Libraries, kits, reactions, and more

  • Sequence preprocessing and QC

  • Denoising Amplicon Sequencing Samples

  • Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analysis (OTUs or ASVs)

  • Principal Coordinates Analysis (MDS, NMDS, Bray-Curtis, UniFrac, Jaccard)

  • Richness Estimates (Chao1, ACE, Shannon, Simpson etc)

  • Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) with LEfSe computations

  • ERGO’s integrated Metagenome Analysis and Visualization Tools

  • and much more!