“2019 R for Bioinformatics" Workshop – USC Libraries Bioinformatics

The USC Libraries Bioinformatics Service is pleased to present the 2019 R for Bioinformatics workshop. Knowing how to use R is a valuable skillset as numerous open access and cutting-edge tools for various genomic data analyses are written in R.  This full-day workshop is aimed at training participants to achieve basic competency in using R for simple bioinformatics tasks, which will form the foundation for other more specialized and advanced R analysis packages. This is a beginner workshop and no prior R knowledge is required.

Topics Covered 
• Introduction to R and learning R for bioinformatics
• Using RStudio – an integrated development environment for R
• The general context and concepts of R programming
• Commonly used functions for wrangling bioinformatics data
• Practical examples of wrangling bioinformatics data
• Visualization – creating plots using R
• Bioinformatics Package Repositories: CRAN and Bioconductor

The workshops will be conducted at both UPC and HSC. You will be required to bring your own laptops.

UPC:      9am to 4.30pm, Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
Learning Center, Wilson Dental Library (DEN21) 

HSC:      9am to 4.30pm, Tuesday, November 19th, 2019  
Computer Classroom (2nd Level), Norris Medical Library

Limited to 20 participants per workshop. Due to high demand, please register only if you are sure you would be able to attend. Attendance will be checked and no-shows may be subjected to restriction of future bioinformatics services.

Please register at:
https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_835wUPfkfMXvY1L

Also, we understand that the demand and popularity of R workshops is extremely high and many of you may not be successful in your registration. We have specially packaged last year’s R workshop into a series of online videos where you can learn the same R workshop contents at your own pace. The videos and training materials are available at https://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=913498.