Michael McLaren’s academic presentations

Talks and posters

Calibration without controls: True microbial change from taxonomically biased microbiome measurements, IMMSA quarterly webinar, 2021 October 21, Virtual | slides (html) slides (pdf)
New methods to control for experimental bias in microbiome differential abundance analysis, Workshop on Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Microbiome and Human Health, 2021 February 24, NIEHS | slides
Measuring and mitigating experimental bias in microbiome studies, SBME Seminar, 2021 February 16, The University of British Columbia | slides

Countering experimental bias in microbiome measurements, CSHL Microbiome, 2020 October 21 | poster | poster talk
Consistent and correctable bias in metagenomic sequencing experiments, NCSU GGI Retreat, 2020 August 31, Zoom | slides

Consistent and correctable bias in metagenomic sequencing experiments, NC ASM Branch Meeting, 2019 October 19, North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC | slides
Consistent and correctable bias in metagenomic sequencing experiments, Monthly Microbiome Meetup, 2019 September 05, NC State University, Raleigh, NC | slides
Consistent and comprehensible bias in metagenomic sequencing experiments, 3rd Workshop on Statistical and Algorithmic Challenges in Microbiome Data Analysis 2019 April 01-02, Simons Foundation, New York, NY | poster
Consistent and comprehensible bias in metagenomic sequencing experiments, Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meetup, 2019 January 09, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD | slides