This is a beginner level, in-depth workshop for participants with no prior experience using bioinformatics tools.
The workshop will be conducted over two days, with a break for lunch each day and short breaks in the morning and afternoon sessions.
Schedule
Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Atlantic time)
Thursday, May 25, 2023, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Atlantic time)
Day 1 - Topics covered will include the following.
- Introduction to cluster computing - getting started on ACENET, job scheduling and ACENET resources.
- Introduction to R - an overview of R and data packages, accessing and manipulating datasets, plotting data.
- Statistical programming with R - single and multivariate analysis, classification models, regression models and model visualization.
Day 2 : Participants will have the choice of attending one of the following two sessions:
- RNA-seq — This session will examine key concepts of RNA-seq analysis, as well as quality control, read alignment, quantification, differential gene expression and gene ontology.
- Microbiome analysis — This session will examine amplicon sequence analysis including the QIIME2 analysis pipeline, alpha and beta diversity analysis, differential abundance analysis and metagenome sequence analysis.
Location:
Wednesday, May 24: Mona Campbell Building Room 1108 (9 - 5 pm).
Thursday, May 25: Mona Campbell Building Room 1108 (9 - 3 pm)
Thursday, May 25: Mona Campbell Building Room 1107 (9 - 3 pm)
There will not be an option to attend this workshop online.
Requirements
- You need to bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages.
This session will be delivered in-person.
Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail).
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