HIRN BC Webinars & Workshops

HIRN BC Webinars are guided tours designed to acclimate you to various resources that are offered through the HIRN Bioinformatics Core. Upcoming webinars include call/access information while Archived Webinars will contain embedded video recordings and notes (if applicable). Occasionally, webinars and workshops of interest to the HIRN community will also be highlighted.

Upcoming

Past/Archived

Feb. 2018: Share, publish, and track your protocols

In this webinar, the protocols.io platform will be used to demonstrate how you can convert your existing protocols into online and printable documents that can be versioned, re-created (i.e. forked), edited collaboratively, and published in a way that is citable in manuscripts. You will learn how to share your protocols with selected individuals (including reviewers) or enable unrestricted access. Protocols from HIRN will be used to illustrate this process. Watch the webinar and download the presentation.

March 2017: Open Source Data Analysis Workshop

This is a hands-on in-person session emphasizing analysis and data visualization using freely available tools. You will learn to easily use a programming language to write simple code. Participants should bring their own laptops. Workshop is complimentary, but If you have not already registered for this event, please contact the HIRN-BC to confirm seating. This meeting was held at the 2017 HIRN annual investigators retreat meeting in the Hyatt Hotel on Thursday, March 9, from 4:20-5:50pm.

Sept. 2016: The NIDDK Information Network (dkNET): a Community Research Data, Information and Resource Discovery Portal

Note: This is a not a HIRN BC organized webinar. The NIDDK Information Network (dkNET; http://dknet.org) is an open community resource portal for basic and clinical investigators in diabetes, digestive, endocrine, metabolic, kidney, and urologic diseases. dkNET provides seamless access to a collection of diverse research resources, including data, information, materials, tools, funding opportunities, literature, services, events, news, projects, and organizations that advance the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

June 2016: The NIDDK Information Network (dkNET): a Community Research Data, Information and Resource Discovery Portal

May 2016: Do it yourself RNA-Seq Analysis (Session 2)

After a basic introduction, the session will start with importing raw sequencing data, and followed with performing QA/QC, alignment, quantification and differential expression detection, etc. in Partek Flow. A live demo on the integration of RNA-Seq and Gene Expression Microarray data in Partek Flow will be provided followed with Q&A after the hands on practice. Registration is currently closed. This hands on and in-person workshop is being held at the 2016 HIRN annual investigators retreat meeting in the Hyatt Hotel on Tuesday, May 24, from 6:30-10:00pm.

Jan. 2016: Do it yourself RNAseq Analysis (Session 1)

In this webinar, via live demo, Partek Flow will be used to analyze an RNAseq experiment by checking read quality, aligning reads against a reference genome, quantifying RNA transcript levels, and determining differentially expressed genes. You will learn how to create your own workflows and share your analysis with one or more collaborators.

Dec. 2015: Learn about OMERO & Bio-Formats for Data Management and Integration

OMERO is a powerful platform for the data management and integration of scientific images and any associated metadata — comments, results, and documents — for life sciences and biomedical research. OMERO's interfaces let you view, manage, share, analyze and publish data. OMERO is platform agnostic and uses Bio-Formats, the world's most popular scientific image translation software, to access and integrate image data. This gives you the power to combine images from any modern imaging modality — light and electron microscopy, digital pathology, high-content screening — in a single system.

Nov. 2015: Accessing Resources 101

This brief webinar provides an overview of the HIRN-BC labs portal. This webinar is for you if you have never used an sFTP client before to transfer and store data files.