NGS Data Analysis Course

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 analysis of RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq data, with an optional Variant Calling session. The sessions will also include functional analysis downstream of sequence data processing. During this course, participants will gain skills in the areas of (a) UNIX and basic shell scripting, (b) high-performance compute clusters, and (c) R for statistical analysis and data visualization. At the end of this course, participants can expect to have the expertise to independently run data analysis for sequencing experiments.

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

Format

The course is comprised of six hands-on sessions held over a period of five weeks. Each session runs for 2 consecutive days (9am to 5pm), and the sessions are held every week. Please note that attendance is mandatory for the first 5 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 once between sessions to help with homework questions or general questions about the previous session.