NGS Data Analysis Course, Spring
20152016
The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core is excited to offer an in-depth course for analysis of next-generation sequencing data for Harvard Medical School-affiliated researchers beginning in February 2016. The course description, schedule, and application details are provided below. Application open.
Description
This course is aimed at bench biologists who are interested in learning about NGS-based genomic analysis. The topics covered in-depth during this course are RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq, with an optional Variant Calling session. The sessions will include downstream analysis focused on biological/functional significance. In addition, participants will gain skills in the areas of UNIX, R, compute cluster environments, version control using Git, basic shell scripting, and data visualization with genome browsers. At the end of this course, participants can expect to have the expertise to independently run data analysis for sequencing experiments. No prior programming experience or command-line training is required.
Format
The course is comprised of five hands-on sessions held over a period of five weeks beginning the second week of February 2016. Each session runs for 2 consecutive days (9am to 5pm), and the sessions are held every week. Please note that attendance is mandatory for all sessions (see schedule below for dates). Homework assignments for practicing key concepts will be assigned at the end of each session, and it will be due at the beginning of the following session in one week (homework assignments will take no more than roughly 2 hours to complete). Office hours will be held once between sessions to help with homework questions or general questions.
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Schedule
The full schedule is listed below, and you can find the /wiki/spaces/hbctraining/pages/44209750.
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Please fill out the online registration form and submit the remaining documents as PDF files by email. Please make sure that the subject line of your email is as follows: CourseSubmission_LastName_FirstName (e.g. CourseSubmission_Smith_Joe). Once we recieve all the materials, you will get an email notification.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
You will be informed of the decision regarding your application by January 8th.
Course Fee:
If your application is accepted, you will be charged $400 as the participation fee for this course, and payment will expected by January 22nd. If not received by this date, then you will forfeit your spot in the course.
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please do not hesitate to email us at hbctraining@hsph.harvard.edu.
Sponsored by Harvard Medical School Tools and Technology (TnT) Committee and Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center (HNDC)