Bioinformatics for non-specialist bioinformaticians"?
The Bioinformatics Institute is holding a number of short courses in October 2010 that are intended for REAL beginners in the world of genomics and bioinformatics.
- Maurice Wilkins Centre Bioinformatics Workshop
- The NZ eResearch Conference
- Workshop for beginners wishing to learn the basics of “R”
- Download workshop slides and data
Maurice Wilkins Centre Bioinformatics Workshop
This interactive workshop provides an introduction to bioinformatics, microarrays and next generation sequencing . It will be held on Wednesday 20th October 1-3pm, in the 5th floor seminar (room 501-505), Grafton Campus, University of Auckland, run by Cris Print, Peter Tsai, and Liam Williams. It will be followed by nibbles and tea/coffee.
This workshop is aimed at REAL beginners in the world of genomics and bioinformatics. Topics include:
- Basic description of the changing microarray and sequencing technologies
- How this type of work can be done in Auckland
- Experimental design
- Basic data analysis concepts
- Pathway analysis
- Ideas for discussion about writing successful grant applications and papers in this field
Workshop slides can be download from HERE
The NZ eResearch Conference will contain two hands-on data analysis workshops for beginners: (i) gene expression data, (ii) next generation sequencing data
To attend this conference, including these workshops and the conference dinner, please register at http://www.eresearch.org.nz Registration fee for conference and workshops is $170 (students) and $295 (non-students). This fee will include up to 4 hours assistance from a skilled bioinformatician as you analyse your own data after you have completed the workshops.
Workshop 1:Introduction to the analysis and exploration of gene expression data (1pm – 4pm, Tuesday 26th October, co-ordinated by Cris Print and Mik Black):
- Designed for researchers who have an aptitude for data analysis but who have no formal training in bioinformatics or statistics.
- Focus on Affymetrix data but will also be relevant to other data types.
- Introduction to a simple one-button quality control and analyses application.
- The user-friendly GenePattern platform.
- Basics of more complex data exploration methods using.
DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP SLIDES AND DATA
Workshop 2:Introduction to the analysis of next generation sequencing data (1pm – 4pm, Wednesday 27th October, co-ordinated by Mik Black and Cris Print)
- Designed for researchers who have no formal training in bioinformatics.
- Focus on Roche 454 next generation sequence data but also relevant to other next generation sequence data types.
- Quality control and format conversion.
- Basic assembly and visualisation.
DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP SLIDES AND DATA
Workshop for beginners wishing to learn the basics of “R”
This workshop will be held on Thursday 28th October 9:00am - noon, Room 303-B75, City Campus, run by Thomas Lumley and James Curran. This workshop has no charge, however please RSVP since spaces are limited.
The statistical and bioinformatics environment named “R” is at the core of most analyses of gene expression data and next generation sequencing data. It is an incredibly powerful open source platform. Some people suggest that any group working on high content data should have at least one team member who can use “R”. However, “R” can seem intimidating at first and does take a few hours to learn. This workshop will be useful for researchers with no prior experience who want to get to grips with “R”.
