Introducing HBC workshop bundle - Introduction to R AND Introduction to bulk RNA-seq Part II workshop (2023)
Note: In 2023, some workshops will be taught in person and others will be online via Zoom.
The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core Training Team is piloting a workshop bundle offering both Introduction to R and Introduction to bulkRNA-seq II workshops since R is a pre-requisite for Introduction to bulkRNA-seq II. This bundled workshop is offered in-person in the Longwood medical area.
Workshop bundle
IN-PERSON: Countway Library
Workshop dates and times:
| Introduction to R | Introduction to bukRNA-seq II |
|---|---|
| Friday, April 28, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM | Tuesday, May 16, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM |
| Tuesday, May 2, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM | Friday, May 19, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM |
| Friday, May 5, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM | Tuesday, May 23, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM |
| Tuesday, May 9, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM | Friday, May 26, 2023: 10 AM - 12 PM |
Instruction will be mostly learner-centric, requiring a time commitment between the workshop sessions!
Description:
These hands-on workshops will introduce participants to R programming and statistical methods and considerations utilized to perform differential gene expression analysis on bulk RNA-seq data. Participants will learn about best practices in quality control, how to perform statistical analysis to obtain lists of differentially expressed (DE) genes using DESeq2. The workshop will also give participants an overview of tools for functional analysis of DE genes and how to extract some biological meaning from large gene lists.
** Please note that this workshop does NOT cover single-cell RNA-seq analysis. **
** Please note that you DO NOT need to attend Part I to attend this workshop.
Prerequisites:
This is one of our bundled workshops and has NO prerequisites and no prior programming experience is required, however, R is a pre-requisite for Introduction to bulk RNA-seq Part II.
Intro to R will fulfil the required prerequisite for other HBC advanced workshops including Introduction to single cell RNA-seq analysis and Introduction to bulk RNA-seq Part II.
Who should attend?
Eligible* Harvard researchers who want to learn how to:
- Use R and RStudio for data wrangling and visualizations
- Perform data analysis methods where basic knowledge of R is a requirement
- Perform a differential expression analysis at the gene-level
- Effectively use R to get your data in the appropriate format for DE analysis
- Use the steps and statistical approaches used in assessing the quality of your abundance estimates (count data)
- Visualize expression patterns for differentially expressed genes
- Perform functional analysis on gene lists with R-based tools
Interested in Bulk RNA-seq II workshop only? Register here instead.
Cost:
There is a non-refundable and non-transferable $105 registration fee for this workshop bundle.
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) $105 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.
Registration:
Please make sure you take the following into account when signing up for the workshop:
- Mandatory attendance for all eight classes.
- 2-5 hours of reading and exercises from selected lessons before each workshop sessions.
- Active participation during discussion sessions.
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).
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.