Summer Workshop Series

The UIC Research Informatics Core (RIC) is presenting a five-part introduction to bioinformatics workshop. Common bioinformatics techniques and methods will be reviewed, with an emphasis on practical skills in statistical analysis and data interpretation for applications in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data sets.

Registration is now CLOSED. Check back next year for the next Summer workshop series.

  • When: Oct 1st – Oct 29th, every Tuesday
  • Where: VIRTUAL and IN-PERSON
    • Virtual: Via Zoom
    • In-Person: Molecular Biology Research Building (MBRB), Rm 1152
  • Time: 9 AM to 4:45 PM
  • Food: Light refreshments and lunch will be provided to in-person participants
  • Computer Requirements: Computer with at least: 4GB RAM, 10GB free storage. Must be 64bit architecture.

Cost

  • UIC/CBC:
    • Virtual: $125/day, $550 all days
    • In-person: $150/day, $660 all days

    UIC graduate students receive 60% discount on registration, sponsored by UIC CCTS

  • Non-UIC rate markup:
    • Rush: 10%
    • External: 60%

Workshop Sessions Heading link

The following workshops days will be offered for this series. Choose any or all of the days that suit your skills needs.

Mon, June 24th: Introduction to R

Learn the R studio interface and programming language, including data types, basic programming, reading and writing data, installing packages, basic statistics and data visualization.

Tues, June 25th: Introduction to Linux/HPC

Navigate and manipulate data using the Linux command-line interface, and how to log in to a high-performance compute (HPC) cluster and manage jobs. Introduction to the BASH programming language and the nano text editor.

Wed, June 26th: Introduction to RNA-seq

Gene and isoform quantification and differential analysis for RNA-seq, leveraging skills from R and Linux days to build and run pipelines on an HPC cluster.

Pre-requisites:
This workshop day assumes knowledge and skills that will be covered in Introduction to R and Introduction to Linux/HPC workshop days (days 1 & 2). Registration for these pre-requisite days is strongly recommended unless the attendee is very confident in their abilities or has previously attended this workshop day. If an attendee opts out of pre-requisite workshop days, then they assume full responsibility for the level of skill required for the later workshop days.

Thurs, June 27th: Introduction to NGS

Standard analysis tools and procedures for NGS applications in the context of analyzing an ATAC-seq data set. Visualization of NGS data in genome browsers.

Pre-requisites:
This workshop day assumes knowledge and skills that will be covered in Introduction to R and Introduction to Linux/HPC workshop days (days 1 & 2). Registration for these pre-requisite days is strongly recommended unless the attendee is very confident in their abilities or has previously attended this workshop day. If an attendee opts out of pre-requisite workshop days, then they assume full responsibility for the level of skill required for the later workshop days.

Fri, June 28th: Introduction to Metagenomics

Quantification of amplicon and shotgun libraries and a discussion of the pros and cons of each. Statistical analysis, such as alpha and beta diversity, and a comparison of taxonomic and functional quantifications.

Pre-requisites:
This workshop day assumes knowledge and skills that will be covered in Introduction to R workshop day (day 1). Registration for this pre-requisite days is strongly recommended unless the attendee is very confident in their abilities or has previously attended this workshop day. If an attendee opts out of pre-requisite workshop days, then they assume full responsibility for the level of skill required for the later workshop days.

Cancellation Policy:
Notification must be given given two weeks prior to the scheduled workshop.
Pre-requisite policy:
Advanced Topics in R, Advanced Statistics in edgeR, Single Cell RNA-seq, and Pathway Analysis workshop days (days 2-5) assume knowledge and skills that will be covered in Introduction to R workshop day (day 1). Registration for these pre-requisite days is strongly recommended unless the attendee is very confident in their abilities. If an attendee opts out of pre-requisite workshop days, then they assume full responsibility for the level of skill required for the later workshop days.