Workshop Recordings
From Mass Spectra to Meaning - Analyzing the Metabolome
Presented by Abisola Kehinde. Watch the recording here. The passcode is zMQ.51Xm
Exploring RNA-Seq: From Bulk to Single-Cell
Led by RNAseq experts, Alejandro Aguirre and Lies Van Horebeek, this popular workshop was held on November 25-26, 2024 and covered essential RNAseq analysis steps including:
- Overview of the foundational theory of RNA sequencing
- Experimental design considerations
- Key steps in data processing
- Quality Control
- Normalization
- Data Analysis
- Data visualization methods
Watch the recording for the first half, bulk RNAseq here. The passcode is $Gss7xl4
Watch the recording for the second half, single cell RNAseq here. The passcode is mD4R4q&U
Past Workshops
All of our past workshop scripts are available with comprehensive annotation on our GitHub. Take a look through all our past workshops and links to the Github folders!
November 2025 Workshop: Omics analysis on Sockeye/HPC - November 18-20, 2025
This workshop provides a practical introduction to omics data analysis and high-performance computing (HPC) using UBC’s Sockeye cluster. Led by Dr. Tannistha Nandi from the Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team, the workshop covers overall data management and fundamental omics data analysis and processing using HPC/Sockeye:
- Key concepts in data management, HPC environments, and foundational genomics workflows
- Transfer and organize data on the Sockeye cluster
- Acquire and prepare public genomics datasets
- Work with common genomics data formats
- Build and optimize command-line workflows
- Run scalable analyses using reproducible job script
Differential state analysis of scRNA-seq data with Muscat - April 15, 2025
This workshop explored single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data analysis using the R package "muscat" (multi-sample multi-group scRNA-seq analysis tools). Learn about various methods and visualization tools for DS analysis in scRNA-seq data, including cell-level mixed models and methods, as well as a flexible simulation platform.
For the workshop, core packages below were used:
- tidyverse
- patchwork
- UpSetR
- bioconductor
- ExperimentHub
- limma
- muscData
- muscat
- scater
Intro to Biostat - Jeff Bone - January 16, 2025
This beginner-friendly workshop reviewed the basic concepts of Biostatistics.
Exploring RNA-Seq: From Bulk to Single-Cell - November 25-26, 2024
Led by RNAseq experts, Alejandro Aguirre and Lies Van Horebeek, this popular workshop covered essential RNAseq analysis steps including:
- Overview of the foundational theory of RNA sequencing
- Experimental design considerations
- Key steps in data processing
- Quality Control
- Normalization
- Data Analysis
- Data visualization methods
Watch the recording for the first half, Bulk RNAseq here. The passcode is $Gss7xl4
Watch the recording for the second half, single cell RNAseq here. The passcode is mD4R4q&U
ggplot2 Tutorial - Victor Yuan
Victor Yuan gave a great ggplot2 tutorial to kick off our R Study Group series! In case you missed it or want to revisit his material, you can find the code for the tutorial here.
Introduction to Rmarkdown and Rstudio Environment - Giulia Del Gobbo
All of Giulia's code for the tutorial are here.
Tidyverse Tutorial - Victor Yuan
Victor Yuan came back this week with another tidyverse tutorial. This time, he covered data manipulation in dplyr. You can find his code and a walk-through of his lesson here.
Beginners In R Tutorial - Amy Inkster
Amy Inkster developed a spooky Halloween tutorial for those who are complete beginners in R! Click here to see her presentation "R: It's Not So Scary!"
Version Control with Git and Github - Will Casazza
A great walk-through of the tutorial (based on the UBC STAT 540 course) can be found here.
Writing Tests and Validating Data in R - Dr. Mike Irvine
Dr. Mike Irvine's GitHub example material from the tutorial can be found here, and a video recording of the session can be found here (accessible to BCCHR members only).
PCA Plots and Heat Maps in R - Christina Michalski
The code from the tutorial can be found on our GitHub page.
Intro to ggplot2 - Victor Yuan
Click here to find Victor's intro to ggplot2 tutorial materials!
Data Manipulation with dplyr - Almas Khan
The material covered during the tutorial can be found here.
Working with Data from GEO and Differential DNA Methylation Analysis in Limma - Will Casazza and Sam Schaffner
Click here for the content of our EWAS series part 1.
Gene Ontology Enrichment with gprofiler2 - Will Casazza and Sam Schaffner
The content of part 2 of our EWAS series part 2 is available on our GitHub.
Intro to Git and GitHub - Jeremy Fan
Check out our Intro to Git and GitHub tutorial here!
2-Part RNA-seq Workshop - Nikita Telkar
Our first 2-part RNA-seq Workshop covers raw aligned data and all the way to gene and pathway enrichment!
Integrating Different Genomic Data Types - Sam Schaffner
Sam Schaffner demonstrated how to integrate different genomic data types - here she used gene expression and methylation data - in our featured 2021 Annual TOG Kickoff!
What is R? - Divya Anantsri
One of our most highly requested workshops, Divya walked through installing and troubleshooting R and RStudio, explaining the R language syntax, ending with running some basic functions and plotting.
June 2023 Workshop: Multi-Omics Integration
May 2023 Workshop: Writing Functions in R
April 2023 Workshop II: Most Commonly Used Statistical Tests in Healthcare Research using R - Part 2
April 2023 Workshop I: Intro to ggplot2
March 2023 Workshop: Graphic Design - Principles and Techniques for Science Communication
January 2023 Workshop: Most Commonly Used Statistical Tests in Healthcare Research - Part I
December 2022 Workshop: Introduction to R Markdown
June 2022 Workshop: Most Commonly Used Statistical Tests in Healthcare Research using R - Part 2
March 2022 Workshop: Writing your Thesis using R Markdown
February 2022 Workshop: Most Commonly Used Statistical Tests in Healthcare Research using R
January 2022 Workshop: "What is R?"
December 2021 Workshop: Introduction to Data Wrangling in R
September 2021 Workshop: Epigenetic Regulation of Microglial Innate Immune Memory
July 2021 Workshop: RNAseq Workshop Part II - From Differential Expression and Beyond
July 2021 Workshop: RNAseq Workshop Part I - From Raw to Processed Data
June 2021 Workshop: Introduction to R - Beginner Workshop
To access the source-code repository from the workshop, click here.
April 2021 Workshop: Intermediate Workshop - Statistical models in R
March 2021 Workshop: Practical Design Guidelines for Concept and Data Graphics on a Large Canvas
To access the slides from the talk, click here.
