All of our workshops are led by our TOG Council members, providing real-time and hands-on explanations and exercises!

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Upcoming workshops

Stay tuned for updates on our upcoming workshops!

Future Workshops

Intro to Statistics

UBC Advanced Research Computing

Intro to MetaboAnalyst

Precision Health Initiative Summer Bootcamp

 

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!

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

Introduction to R/Rstudio - Sidney Saint

Friday, November 1, 11-12PM. You can find the recordings for the workshop here. The passcode is ?93KsnX4. 

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.