Caporaso Lab
Designing, building, distributing, and teaching production-quality software tools to study our microbial world.
Discover our published work:
Our publications can be found on PubMed or Google Scholar. We additionally publish pre-prints on arXiv.
Focus Areas
Research Software Engineering
The QIIME 2 project, led by the Caporaso Lab, is the most widely cited single platform for microbiome data science and it’s designed for accessibility, reliability, and innovation. Learn more and get started, all for free, at https://qiime2.org.
Microbiome Research
Our team has led groundbreaking work in studies of the human microbiome, environmental microbiomes, and connections between the two. See our projects to learn more.
Bioinformatics Education
We are passionate about improving science by helping bioinformatics users and developers from all backgrounds improve their computational skills. Ready to level-up your team’s bioinformatics? Reach out to organize a training event today!
Automating Bioinformatics
We have automated workflows for diverse biological data science applications. Frustrated with tools that require too much of your time, are too slow, or only work part of the time? Let us help!
Free Resources
Use our educational and other resources to advance your skills.
YouTube
Find QIIME 2 and other data science videos and full courses on our YouTube channel.
GitHub
Our software tools are open source and free for all use. Find them in the QIIME 2 and Caporaso Lab organizations on GitHub.
QIIME 2 Library
Learn how to install and use our software, and discover plugins and documentation produced by the QIIME 2 community - all on the QIIME 2 Library.
QIIME 2 Forum
The QIIME 2 Forum is a free technical support and discussion site, and houses nearly 10 years of discussion about QIIME 2 and microbiome research methods. Get involved to connect with others, share your work, and advance your research.
Free online books
Our team has published three books available for learning, oriented toward aspiring bioinformatics methods developers, bioinformatics software developers, and users of bioinformatics tools. Find them here: An Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics, Developing with QIIME 2, and Using QIIME 2