NGS Data Analysis Course, Fall 2016

The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core is excited to offer an in-depth course for analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data beginning on October 31, 2016. The course description, schedule, and application details are provided below.

Application Status: CLOSED

Description 

This course is aimed at bench biologists who are interested in learning about NGS-based genomic analysis, specifically RNA sequencing for differential gene expression analysis. During this course, participants will gain skills in the areas of (a) UNIX and basic shell scripting, (b) high-performance compute clusters, (c) R for statistical analysis and data visualization, and (d) downstream functional analysis. 

At the end of this course, participants can expect to have the expertise to independently run data analysis for sequencing experiments, especially from RNA-Seq experiments.

Prior programming experience or command-line training is not required to take this course.

Format 

The course is comprised of five hands-on sessions held over a period of four weeks starting at the end of October, 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 the sessions (see schedule below for dates). Homework assignments for practicing key concepts will be assigned at the end of each session, and they will be due at the beginning of the following session in one week (homework assignments will take about 4 hours to complete). Office hours will be held every week to help with homework questions or general questions about the previous session.