Training and Professional Development

  • Upcoming CBC Bioinformatics Workshops

    The Computational Biology Core within the Institute for Systems Genomics is pleased to announce following workshops!

    Workshop description and registration link can be found here: https://bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/

    Workshop: Virtual HPC Introduction 
    Dates: November 8, 2021 (1 day) 
    Time: 8.30am - 12.00pm 
    Location: Online
    Cost: $50

    For anyone who is new to Linux programming and "High Performance Computing (HPC)" with keen interest in using Xanadu computational resources in their analysis. This workshop is aimed to train new and existing novice users. The workshop will start with hands on training of Linux and then the participants will be introduced with HPC concepts and will be trained to run interactive sessions, job submission (Batch and Array), job monitoring Running R and python sessions etc.


    Workshop: Virtual Genome Assembly
    Dates: November 8-11 (4 days) 
    Time: 9.00am - 12.00pm 
    Location: Online
    Cost: $350 (UConn affiliates including UConn Health)
              $483 (External Participants)

    For anyone with keen interest in Genome Assembly methods. 
    Day 1: Introduction to Linux, HPC, HTS
    Day 2-4 : Introduction to k-mer plots, high throughput sequencing, quality control of sequence data, contaminant detection, Genome assembly strategies and short-read assembly, Long-read and hybrid assembly, post-processing, assembly benchmarking

    This workshop is not pre-recorded and at least two instructors are available to assist users as we walk through the tutorials.
     

    Workshop: Virtual HPC Introduction 
    Dates: December 6, 2021 (1 day) 
    Time: 8.30am - 12.00pm 
    Location: Online
    Cost: $50

    For anyone who is new to Linux programming and "High Performance Computing (HPC)" with keen interest in using Xanadu computational resources in their analysis. This workshop is aimed to train new and existing novice users. The workshop will start with hands on training of Linux and then the participants will be introduced with HPC concepts and will be trained to run interactive sessions, job submission (Batch and Array), job monitoring Running R and python sessions etc.

    Workshop: Virtual Variant Detection
    Dates: December 6-9 (4 days) 
    Time: 9.00am - 12.00pm 
    Location: Online
    Cost: $350 (UConn affiliates including UConn Health)
              $483 (External Participants)

    For anyone with keen interest and desire to develop variant detection analytic skills.  Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.
    Day 1: Introduction to Linux, HPC, HTS, and RNA-Seq experimental design
    Day 2-4 : Introduction, reference genome preparation, download and QC of sequence data, sequence alignment, QC and post-processing, variant detection using freebayes, GATK and bcftools, filtering and comparing variant sets, functional annotation, visualization.

    This workshop is not pre-recorded and at least two instructors are available to assist users as we walk through the tutorials

     

    Don’t forget our monthly CBC Data Therapy Sessions!
    Next Date: October 29, 2021 (now offered the last Friday of each month)
    Time: 
    9:00-10:00am
    Location: Online - 
    http://shorturl.at/aeET0

    We welcome beginners and advanced users to generate a productive discussion!  Bring your informatics questions!

    For more information, contact: the CBC at cbcsupport@uconn.edu