Variant Calling (2024)

Note: In 2024, some workshops will be taught in person and others will be online via Zoom.

IN-PERSON Workshop dates and times:

Location: Longwood Medical Area

Tuesday, May 28, 2024: 9:30 AM - 12 PM

Friday, May 31, 2024: 9:30 AM - 12 PM

Tuesday, June 4, 2024: 9:30 AM - 12 PM

Friday, June 7, 2024: 9:30 AM - 12 PM

Instruction will be mostly learner-centric, requiring a time commitment between the workshop sessions!

Note: Workshop dates and times are subject to change

Description:

This 4-day hands-on workshop will …

The descpription is coming soon

Prerequisites:

This is one of our advanced workshops, and requires registants to have attended the following Basic workshop offered by our training team in the last 6-8 months:

Introduction to command-line interface workshop

I am fluent in command-line and already use HMS-RC’s O2 cluster but have not attended the HBC prerequisite workshop, can I still register?

Yes, you can register AND please do the following:

Complete the registration first
Then email us directly at hbctraining@hsph.harvard.edu with a detailed description of your knowledge/experience in command-line interface and HPC. Failure to do this step may prevent you from being accepted into this advanced workshop.

Who should attend?

Eligible* Harvard researchers who want to learn:

Coming soon!

Cost:

There is a non-refundable and non-transferable $65 registration fee for this advanced workshop*.

We will be accepting 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis:

If you are one of the first 25 eligible* registrants, you will receive an email within 1 week with a link to pay the (non-refundable & non-transferable) $65 registration fee.
If you are not among the first 25 eligible* registrants, you will be added to the waitlist and notified when we open registration for the next iteration of this workshop.

NOTE: You will not have a reserved seat for this workshop until you pay the registration fee. Please make sure you pay within the time stated in that email, else you will lose your spot to someone on the waitlist.

*NOTE: HMS Graduate Students may receive waivers on registration fees. Please register and we’ll followup with you.

Registration:

Please make sure you take the following into account when signing up for the workshop:

Mandatory attendance for all four classes.
2-3 hours of reading and exercises from selected lessons before each workshop sessions.
Active participation during discussion sessions.

(Registration opens 2-3 weeks before the start of advanced workshops.)

Eligibility requirements:

^*To be eligible to attend this workshop you should fulfill at least one of the following criteria:

Harvard Medical School researcher in a lab on the Quad, with grants administered by HMS Gordon Hall
Harvard School of Dental Medicine researcher, with grants administered by HMS Gordon Hall
Graduate student at the Harvard Medical School
Researcher affiliated with the Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC)
Researcher at a Harvard-affiliated institution participating in HIV related research (CFAR).

If you are unsure of your eligibility, please register anyway and we will get back to you.

(Please check the eligibility requirements prior to registering)

NOTE: We do not record our training sessions.

Questions?

Please email us at hbctraining@hsph.harvard.edu with any questions.