Virtual Workshop Schedule

A tentative schedule for the March 2021 CCDL Virtual Training Workshop appears below. ⚠️ Not all links are working yet! ⚠️

Note: All times are EDT (UTC−04:00)

Time	Topic	Location
Day 1	2021-03-22 Introduction to R and the Tidyverse
12:00 PM	Welcome, Introductions and Getting Started Workshop Introduction slides (pdf)	Zoom: Main Session
1:00 PM	Introduction to RStudio (pdf) Introduction to base R	Zoom: Main Session
2:30 PM	Introduction to ggplot2	Zoom: Main Session
3:30 PM	Introduction to the tidyverse	Zoom: Main Session
4:30	Questions and introduction to the exercises	Zoom: Breakout Rooms
	Exercise: Introduction to R
	Consultation session	Slack channel
5:00 PM	End
Day 2	2021-03-23 Introduction to bulk RNA-seq, Day 1: Raw data & exploratory analysis
12:00 PM	Bulk RNA-seq: Introduction (pdf) QC, trim, and quantification with Salmon	Zoom: Main Session
1:00 PM	Bulk RNA-seq: Gene-level summaries with tximeta	Zoom: Main Session
2:00 PM	Bulk RNA-seq: Exploratory analyses	Zoom: Main Session
3:00 PM	Questions and introduction to the exercises	Zoom: Breakout Rooms
	Guided Exercise: Neuroblastoma cell line tximeta	Zoom: Breakout Rooms
	Exercise: Exploratory data analysis
	Consultation session	Slack channel
5:00 PM	End
Day 3	2021-03-24 Bulk RNA-seq, Day 2: Differential expression and clustering
12:00 PM	Bulk RNA-seq: Differential expression analysis	Zoom: Main Session
1:30 PM	Bulk RNA-seq: Heatmaps & clustering	Zoom: Main Session
3:00 PM	Questions and introduction to the exercises	Zoom: Breakout Rooms
	Exercise: Bulk RNA-seq
	Consultation session	Slack channel
5:00 PM	End
Day 4	2021-03-25 Introduction to Pathway Analysis
12:00 PM	Introduction to Pathway Analysis Slides (pdf)	Zoom: Main Session
12:15 PM	Pathway analysis: Over-representation analysis	Zoom: Main Session
1:00 PM	Break
1:15 PM	Pathway analysis: Gene Set Enrichment Analysis	Zoom: Main Session
2:15 PM	Pathway analysis: Gene Set Variation Analysis	Zoom: Main Session
3:00 PM	Questions and introduction to the exercise	Zoom: Breakout Rooms
	Exercises: Pathway analysis	Zoom: Breakout Rooms
	Consultation session	Slack channel
5:00 PM	End
Day 5	2021-03-26 Consultation and Presentations
12:00 PM	Consultation session	Slack channel
2:30 PM	Participant presentations begin	Zoom: Main Session
5:00 PM	Adjourn