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RNA-Seq Data Analysis Workshop

The Bioinformatics Core is hosting a two-day workshop on RNA-Seq data analysis. This two-day workshop provides a basic introduction to RNA-seq data analysis with some hands-on tutorials. This workshop is intended for beginner or intermediate users with some or no familiarity with RNA-seq data analysis. Topics covered in this workshop includes: Day 1 : Introduction to RNA-seq (basic concepts) RNA-seq workflow Quality control Sequence Alignment Day 2: Gene Quantification Data Pre-processing Differential expression analysis General Information Workshop: RNA-Seq data analysis

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Workshop - Intro to R & ggplot2

The Bioinformatics Core is hosting an introductory workshop on R and data visualization with ggplot2. This workshop will provide an introduction to R, RStudio and data visualization using ggplot2. This workshop is intended for beginner users with some or no familiarity with R. Topics covered in this workshop includes: R and RStudio interface R Syntax Visualization using ggplot2 Visualization with esquisseR General Information Workshop: Intro to R & ggplot2 Date: December 15, 2022

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Workshop - Intro to Shell Scripting

The Bioinformatics Core is hosting a follow up introduction workshop on shell scripting. This workshop will provide an introduction to shell scripting. This workshop is intended for beginner users with some familiarity with the command line interface. Topics covered in this workshop includes: Understanding the basic structure of a shell script Creating variables Creating IF-ELSE statements Creating FOR LOOP statements Passing arguments into a script General Information Workshop: Intro to Shell Scripting

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Workshop - Intro to Unix

The Bioinformatics Core will hold the first workshop of the Fall Quarter. This workshop will provide an introduction to the shell and command line interface. This workshop is intended for all users with no prior experience required. Topics covered in this workshop includes: Understanding the command line interface structure Common useful commands (e.g., ls, pwd, cd) Navigation using the command line Creating and removing files/folders Linking commands Advance commands General Information Workshop: Intro to Unix

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Single Cell Core Grant Program

Info An informational hybrid in-person/webinar on a single cell core grant program hosted by the IIGB Genomics and Bioinformatics Cores, Parse Biosciences, and Illumina. The session provides information on the split-pool combinatorial barcoding technology developed at Parse Biosciences and a grant program involving the IIGB cores, Parse Biosciences, and Illumina. Here short talks by: Wei Zhang (Genomics Coordinator) Brandon Le (Bioinformatics Coordinator) Bo Liu (Executive Sales Specialist, Illumina) John Walsh (VP Marketing, Parse Biosciences) Samantha O’Neill (Technical Sales Manager, Parse Biosciences) Come learn more about how to apply for the award.

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UCR Genomics Core assists state with COVID variant tracking

UCR published an article by Jules Bernstein on April 6, 2022 titled “UCR Genomics Core assists state with COVID variant tracking.” The article highlights work by the IIGB Genomics and Bioinformatics Cores in sequencing and processing COVID-19 samples at UC Riverside in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to help prepare the state for potential surges by new variants of the disease. Check out the original article here

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Parse Biosciences Seminar

UCR Institute for Integrative Genome Biology hosts a seminar by Parse Biosciences titled “Single Cell 3.0 - The Next Evolution of Single Cell Genomics”. Scalable single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) up to 1 MILLION cells is readily available with the Evercode technology. The core of this approach, split-pool combinatorial barcoding, was originally demonstrated in a 2018 Science paper with SPLiT-seq and substantially improved for wide-scale adoption. Our speakers will describe the Evercode technology, its implication on single-cell experiments, and the drastic improvements achieved since the original publication.

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IIGB Seminar

UCR Institute for Integrative Genome Biology hosted a seminar titled “What Can the IIGB Cores Do For You?”. This seminar was presented by Coordinators and staff members in three major cores, discussing services and personnel that are provided to the UCR community: Genomics Core Metabolomics Core Bioinformatics Core Presentation slides for the Bioinformatics Core can be accessed here: Bioinformatics Core

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Past Workshops

A listing of past workshops held by the Bioinformatics Core Date Time Location Instructor Affiliation Description Material Oct. 12, 2017 9:00 AM - 10:30AM University Laboratory Building Neerja Katiyar UCR Module 1: (Overview and pre-processing of NGS data) Introduction to Sequencing technologies - Sanger, Illumina, PacBio Demultiplexing raw data Understanding quality scores of FASTQ files Quality control (FASTQC) How to check for contamination in your data?

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