Table 3.

Comparison of genomics courses and teaching initiatives.

INSTITUTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Academic Institute	UCLA	JGI	University of Florida	UNIL	San Diego State University	UC Davis
Available in city, country	Los Angeles, USA	Web-based, international	Gainesville, USA	Lausanne, Switzerland	San Diego, USA	Davis, USA
Title of the course or project	The Undergraduate Genomics Research Initiative	Undergraduate Research in Microbial Genome Analysis	Bacterial genome sequencing	Sequence a genome	Ecological metagenomics	Undergraduate Research: Built Environment Genomes
Start year	janv.04	janv.08	janv.08	sept.10	2010	déc.11
Web based	no	yes	no	no	no	no
Publication	Kerfeld and Simons, 2007		Drew and Triplett, 2008		Edwards et al., 2013
Web page	http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/ugri/	http://img.jgi.doe.gov/cgi-bin/edu/main.cgi		http://www.unil.ch/sequenceagenome/		http://microbe.net/microbiomes-of-the-built-environment-network-microbenet/undergraduate-research-built-environment-genomes/
MAIN STEPS OF A BACTERIAL GENOME PROJECT
Study design	Teachers	X	Teachers	Teachers	Teachers	Teachers
Bacterium choice	Teachers	X°	Teachers	Teachers	Teachers	Students
Bacterial culture	Teachers	X	NA	Students	Students	Students
DNA extraction	Students	X	Students	Students	Students	Students
DNA sequencing	Students	X	NA	Demo	Students	Students
Sequencing technology	Sanger	X	GS20	Illumina	GS FLX	Illumina
Genome assembly	Students	X	Students	Students	Students	Students
Gap closure	Students	X	Students	Students	X	X
Annotation	Students	Students	Students	Students	Students	Students
Biocuration	Students	Students	NA	Students	NA	X
Paper writing	NA	X	Students	Students	Students	Students
Oral communication	NA	X	Students	Students	NA	NA

X, according to available information not performed in the framework of the course; NA, information not found in publication or website information; ° provided by the GEBA project.