Our project relies on the data produced from shotgun sequencing methods in samples containing unknown genomic sequences from various organisms.

Shotgun sequencing of these mixed samples is the initial step in matching different DNA samples to the parent organisms they came from.

Skimming tools utilize algorithms that low-coverage genome skims as input.

Skimming tools perform taxonomic binning, gene prediction, and contaminant removal as preprocessing steps before performing their main analyses.

These tools can be used to solve several biological questions ranging from whether changes in the honeybee diet may be decreasing their population size, to what plant life exists in the depths of our oceans.