This course will cover the basics of Amazon cloud computing with a focus on running Galaxy, as well as learning the basics of Command-Line, for bioinformatics analysis. The morning session will include Amazon account signup, overview of services offered focusing on those key to bioinformatics, security, running Galaxy in the cloud, data movement and processing,… Read more »
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Schedules for September courses are now available
Schedules for the 2013 Bioinformatics Short Course, and the RNA-Seq Workshop are now available. Registered participants can email us at bioinformatics.core@ucdavis.edu with any questions about schedules or the courses in general.
The 2013 RNA-Seq Workshop: From Pipette to P-value! (Sept 9-11, 2013)
This exciting RNA-Seq Workshop will include both lab bench and bioinformatics instruction in parallel tracks, both aimed at those seeking more experience with RNA-Seq experiments. Workshop attendees may register for either the “Bench” or “Computer” focused track, but both tracks will involve analysis of RNA-Seq data. Bench track attendees will spend two half-days working at… Read more »
Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics Documentation – June 21, 2013
Documentation Introduction to Services.pdf Launching Into the Cloud.pdf Anatomy of a Cloud Computer.pdf Saving, Sharing, & Public Data Sets.pdf Mounting Drives.pdf
Bioinformatics Short Course 2013 Open for Registration
Registration is now open for the September 2013 Bioinformatics Short Course. Capacity will be limited to 35, and if past attendance is any indicator, you’ll want to sign up while space is still available! Information can be found on the course page. Stay tuned, more course details will be posted as we get closer to… Read more »
Bioinformatics Short Course 2013, September 16-20
We are happy to announce the 2013 Bioinformatics Short Course, to be held 9am-5pm September 16-20, 2013 on the UC Davis campus in Davis, California. This will be our 6th year offering our Bioinformatics Short Course, covering Next Generation sequencing and applications, including: sequencing technologies read quality assessment & improvement genome assembly variant discovery RNA-Seq… Read more »
Taking Suggestions for Course Topics!
Is there something you’d like to learn that isn’t yet offered by our boot camps? We’d like your suggestions as to what you’d find useful for course topics. Go ahead and take a minute and have your say!
Announcing the May/June series of Bioinformatics Bootcamps
By popular demand, the Bioinformatics Core is going to be back in action teaching its popular series of bootcamps in May and June. Having just rapped up another successful series of bootcamps last week, we look forward to hosting the series again from June 18-21! Also, in an attempt to serve the Sacramento based UC… Read more »
Next Generation Sequencing Technology Fundamentals & Applications (May 10 or June 18, 2013)
by Joe Fass ***Registration is full*** Bootcamp Description Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies allow laboratories to do genome-wide research that was previously only possible at large genome centers. This bootcamp teaches key concepts and applications of major sequencing technologies (Illumina, 454, SOLiD, Ion Torrent & PacBio) including technology basics, technology-specific error modes, experiment design considerations, common… Read more »
Introduction to Galaxy (May 24 or June 19, 2013)
***Update 5/29: The June 19 session is now full.*** Bootcamp Description Galaxy is a web-based front-end to a suite of bioinformatics software and tools that is completely open and free. It gives you the ability to do accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational biology research. In this bootcamp we will teach you the fundamentals of navigating… Read more »