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In response to the number one training need identified by the Harvard University CFAR Community, we will be sponsoring a week-long workshop focused exclusively on computational biology.  This intensive, hands-on course will feature morning and afternoon sessions taught by expert faculty and technical assistants from the Broad, Ragon Institute, Harvard School of Public Health and Washington University, St. Louis.  All participants will acquire fundamental computational skills, appropriate study design, data interpretation, and overall literacy in bioinformatics.

When: Monday, September 15 – Friday, September 19 Morning Sessions 9:00 – 12:00 | Afternoon Sessions 2:00 – 5:00

Where: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center Harvard Medical School 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston, MA 02115. We will be in the Pechet Family Conference room

Fee: There is a $300 registration fee to offset the costs of providing this 5 day workshop.  Breakfast, lunch, and access to Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure are included.  A networking reception will be held for all participants who complete the workshop.

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Program Overview:

Monday Introduction and Fundamentals Faculty Member Institutional Affiliation

AM

Genomics Study Design Mike Zody New York Genome Center

PM

Laboratory and Unix Intro Scott Handley Washington University School of Medicine
Tuesday Metagenomics

AM

Introduction to Metagenomics Eric Franzosa and Galeb Abu-Ali Huttenhower Laboratory, Harvard School of Public Health

PM

Metagenomics Laboratory Eric Franzosa and Galeb Abu-Ali Huttenhower Laboratory, Harvard School of Public Health
Wednesday Amplicon Sequencing | Microbial Ecology

AM

Introduction to Amplicon Sequencing and Microbial Ecology Daniel McDonald and Yoshiki Vazquez Baeza Knight Lab, BioFrontiers, Boulder, CO

PM

QIIME Laboratory Daniel McDonald and Yoshiki Vazquez Baeza Knight Lab, BioFrontiers, Boulder, CO
Thursday Fundamentals and catching up

AM

Introduction to R Staff

PM

Metagenomics Open Lab Everyone
Friday Transcriptomics

AM

Transcriptomics Lecture Manuel Garber University of Massachusetts, Medical School

PM

Transcriptomics Laboratory Manuel Garber University of Massachusetts, Medical School

Evening

Networking Social

Co-sponsored by The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research