Workshop Schedule

Note: The Basic Data Skills Introduction to the command-line interface workshop is a prerequisite.

Day 1

Time Topic Instructor
09:00 - 9:15 Introduction to Workshop Radhika
09:15 - 9:45 Introduction to RNA-seq Radhika
09:45 - 10:00 Break  
10:00 - 11:00 Experimental design considerations Mary
11:00 - 11:30 Working in an HPC environment Radhika
11:30 - 12:10 Project Organization and Best Practices in Data Management Radhika
12:10 - 1:10 Lunch  
1:10 - 2:10 Quality Control of Sequence Data: Running FASTQC Jihe
2:10 - 2:50 Quality Control of Sequence Data: Evaluating FASTQC reports Mary
2:50 - 3:00 Break  
3:00 - 4:00 Quality Control of Sequence Data: Evaluating FASTQC reports (contd.) Mary

Day 2

Time Topic Instructor
9:00 - 9:45 Sequence Alignment Theory Radhika
9:45 - 10:30 Quantifying expression using alignment-free methods (Salmon) Mary
10:30 - 10:40 Break  
10:40 - 11:25 Quantifying expression using alignment-free methods (Salmon) Mary
11:25 - 12:25 QC with Alignment Data Radhika
12:25 - 1:25 Lunch  
1:25 - 2:55 Automating the RNA-seq workflow Radhika
2:55 - 3:05 Break  
3:05 - 3:35 Documenting Steps in the Workflow with MultiQC Jihe
3:35 - 4:05 Troubleshooting RNA-seq Data Analysis Mary
4:05 - 4:30 Wrap-up Radhika

Additional Materials: More useful commands in shell