Waiting on the completing peer review work and the grading of my own work in Week 6 was stressful and annoying. Overall though, this was a good course! Thanks!

Very interesting and well articulated course.

Probably ideal for those who have a background in biology.

The best course ever!

best course, got opportunity to learn so many things which are out of box things also.

learned from great personalities, and learned various practical, industrial application also.

Very good introduction course.

A very intersting and informative course for all who are interested with gut microbiome as well as ways to determine gut microbiome.

I truly enjoyed this course and learned quite a bit more than expected. I have been researching and learning about the microbiome on my own for about a year now, and taking this courses added to my knowledge bank on this topic.

Excellent course explaining the basics of what the microbiome is and how metagenomics can be used to characterize and understand it. Interesting information about the role of microbes in the environment and about how the gut microbiome is linked to immunity, health and mental well being is presented. The only reason I am not giving it 5 points that because of the use of the techniques described in the course, our knowledge of the field has advanced during the 4 years since the course was first offered and the course has not been updated accordingly.

This course was very interesting and useful for me, but I believe there is an unbalance between the level of highly specialised information (micobiology related and about the clinical trials and studies), that I find insufficiently explained and the tutors pass very fast through these sections, and general-level information, which I find too general.

I would have liked to hear more about how to restore the gut microbiota after an antibiotic course for example, or how to change out diets to encourage beneficial bacteria. Also I would have liked to hear more about what are the ways of creating a map of the gut microbiota in the general population: how can I discover if my microbiota is ok. I feel this latter wasn't clear enough. And I would have liked to hear more about the most recent studies or trials related to 'beneficial bacterial pills'.

Very informative, great lecture! I really recommend it.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in the microbiome, including those working in medical and scientific fields. The next 10 years should see significant advances in this field and the relation between the microbiome in health and disease.

Good overview of an interesting subject.

Thanks for the course!

Really useful course! I learned a lot. Sounded a lot like a commercial on the last day, however.

Informative content to kickstart my learning journey on the gut microbiome, coming from a background with minimal knowledge in microbiology

I really enjoyed this course and learned an incredible amount and good information regarding microbiome. Highly recommended!

Excellent course

It was a good experience, and while I'm not too big on microbiology in general, I was intrigued in the role our microbiome plays in our lives. The summer I did this changed my life in a way. :)

Extremely clear presentations by the researchers, but loses 2 stars for relying on assignments based on Google Docs which did not load properly and resulted in me not being able to complete the course.

One of the most eye-opening and thought-provoking courses I've taken on Coursera. Every week has at least one amazing insight... and some weeks have two or three. Highly recommended.

VEry interesting, and quite complete. I recommend it!

Exciting!!!!

Amazing course, its perfect for having a first approach to microbial ecology, computational biology and new trends in microbiology.

It wasn't easy but I did it! Thank you for such an awesome course! I really learned a lot during these 6 weeks.