The scripting language R is considered one of the most powerful languages for quantitative analysis, statistics, and graphics. This workshop will help you get started using R to analyze your datasets and create graphs for visualization. You’ll do hands-on exercises to demystify data analysis using R. 

In this course, you’ll learn:

• RStudio interface
• Addition, subtraction, basic math operations
• Assigning values to variables
• Logical operators
• Intro to functions and libraries
• Reading data
• Troubleshooting error messages
• Exploring data (basic summaries such as mean, median, etc.)
• Selecting subsets of data
• Plotting data
• Data structures available in R

Bring your laptop with RStudio and R installed.

Novice: This is an introductory workshop in the R Scripting series. No prior experience with programming or R/RStudio is required for this course. No prerequisites. Absolute beginners are especially welcome! Advanced-level packages such as Seurat will not be covered. 

Visit the workshop site for more details and materials.

Tailored Training Sessions on Publishing Your Code with GitHub

Maximize the impact of your research by mastering GitHub with Gladstone’s Bioinformatics Core training. The team of experts will help you easily share your code, collaborate with colleagues, publish a function or library, build a website, and more. The core can tailor a training session to meet your lab’s specific needs and bring your research to the next level. Reach out to the core to learn more or set up a training session.

The Gladstone Data Science Training Program was started in 2018 to provide trainees with learning opportunities and hands-on workshops to improve their skills in bioinformatics and computational analysis. This program offers a series of workshops throughout the year to enable trainees to gain new skills and get support with their questions and data.