ISG CBC Workshop Schedule - 2025

Dates: Feb 20th through Apr 24th (10 weeks)

Time: Fridays from 1:00 to 2:00 PM EST

Location: UConn Storrs Campus (room TBD)

Cost:   $500 (UConn/UCH affiliates)

            $600 (External Participants)

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Workshop schedule

10 weeks, Feb 20th through Apr 24th (Fridays from 1:00 to 2:00 PM EST)

Each week, we will cover a new set of topics designed to gradually familiarize participants with the core concepts of R. Topics will include, but are not limited to, importing and exporting data; creating, transforming, and working with common data structures; data tidying and wrangling; designing and applying functions, programs, and pipelines; data visualization; basic statistical analyses; and library management. Special emphasis will be placed on working with popular data science packages, particularly those in the tidyverse ecosystem.

This workshop covers general R and data science concepts. It does not provide in-depth instruction on specialized topics such as bioinformatics analyses, data modeling, or advanced statistics (e.g., differential expression analyses, time series analysis).

Registration

Registration Link

Workshop FAQ

Who should attend?

Anyone with an interest in learning R for data analysis, data visualization, etc. Prior course participants have included faculty, postdocs, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.

What are the prerequisites?

Prior programming or R experience is not required. We have dedicated the first day of the workshop to setting up our R environments and covering basic programming principles.

What do I need?

You will need your own laptop to use with a recent version of R (and optionally RStudio) installed. We will send you details on software and installation instructions with your registration acknowledgement email.

Can I bring my own data?

We will provide experimental datasets for use during the workshop, as this helps to keep the workshop moving. There will be time, however, to discuss your own datasets and how you might work with them outside of the workshop.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee is $600 and $500 for UConn affiliates. It is payable at the time of registration with credit card or KFS.

Where is the workshop?

It will be held in-person at the UConn Storrs Campus (room TBD) and will run from 1:00 to 2:00pm EST on the dates indicated.

How do I apply?

All registration is “first-come, first-served.” There is no application process. Sign up as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com

Dates: February 24 - 26, 2026

Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm 

Location: Online

Cost:   $400 (UConn/UCH affiliates)

            $500 (External Participants)

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Workshop schedule

Day 1: Self-guided introduction to Linux, HPC, and R (available 2 weeks ahead of workshop)

Day 2-4: Experimental design, high throughput sequencing basics, quality control, alignment to a reference genome, differential expression analysis, and gene ontology / gene set enrichment. Tools presented are appropriate for researchers working in systems with a reference genome.

Registration

Registration Link

Workshop FAQ

Who should attend?

Anyone with interest in gene expression analyses.  Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.

What are the prerequisites?

Prior bioinformatic experience is not required.  We have dedicated the first day of workshop to the basics of Linux and high performance computing.

What do I need?

You will need your own laptop to use, have a recent version of R, RStudio installed, and some other applications.  We will send you details of softwares and installation instructions with your registration acknowledgement email.

Can I bring my own data?

We will provide experimental datasets for use during the workshop, as this helps to keep the workshop moving. There will be time, however, to discuss your own datasets and how you might work with them outside of the workshop.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee is $500 and $400 for UConn affiliates. It is payable at the time of registration with credit card or KFS.

Where is the workshop?

It will be held on Microsoft Teams, and will run from 11:00am to 3:00pm EST on the dates indicated.

How do I apply?

All registration is “first-come, first-served.” There is no application process. Sign up as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com

Dates: March 17 - 19, 2026

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm 

Location: Online

Cost:   $500 (UConn/UCH affiliates)

            $600 (External Participants)

Register

Workshop schedule

Day 1: Self-guided introduction to Linux, HPC, and R (available 2 weeks ahead of workshop)

Day 2-4: Experimental design, high throughput sequencing basics, quality control, de novo transcriptome assembly, differential expression analyses, and functional enrichment analyses. The tools presented are appropriate for researchers working in systems without a reference genome.

Registration

Registration Link

Workshop FAQ

Who should attend?

Anyone with interest in gene expression analyses. Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.

What are the prerequisites?

Prior bioinformatic experience is not required.  We have dedicated the first day of workshop to the basics of Linux and high performance computing.

What do I need?

You will need your own laptop to use, have a recent version of R, RStudio installed, and some other applications.  We will send you details of softwares and installation instructions with your registration acknowledgement email.

Can I bring my own data?

We will provide experimental datasets for use during the workshop, as this helps to keep the workshop moving. There will be time, however, to discuss your own datasets and how you might work with them outside of the workshop.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee is $600 and $500 for UConn affiliates. It is payable at the time of registration with credit card or KFS.

Where is the workshop?

It will be held on Microsoft Teams, and will run from 10:00am to 2:00pm EST on the dates indicated.

How do I apply?

All registration is “first-come, first-served.” There is no application process. Sign up as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com

Dates: March 24 - 26, 2026

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm 

Location: Online

Cost:   $500 (UConn/UCH affiliates)

            $600 (External Participants)

Register

Workshop schedule

Day 1: Introduction to Linux and high performance computing.

Day 2-4:

Understanding the Considerations while designing single-cell RNA-seq experiment

Hands on steps to convert raw single-cell RNA-seq data to a count or expression matrix

Compute and assess QC of the datasets

Clustering of Cells (UMAP, tSNE) and identify cluster specific markers and annotating cell types.

Perform integration of different sample conditions.

Perform trajectory analysis in cell differentiation.

Registration

Registration Link

Workshop FAQ

Who should attend?

Anyone with keen interest in Single Cell RNA-seq.  Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.

What are the prerequisites?

Prior bioinformatic experience is not required.  We have dedicated the first day of workshop to the basics of Linux and high performance computing.

What do I need?

You will need your own laptop to use, have a recent version of R, RStudio installed, and some other applications.  We will send you details of softwares and installation instructions with your registration acknowledgement email.

Can I bring my own data?

We will provide experimental datasets for use during the workshop, as this helps to keep the workshop moving. There will be time, however, to discuss your own datasets and how you might work with them outside of the workshop.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee is $600 and $500 for UConn affiliates. It is payable at the time of registration with credit card or KFS.

Where is the workshop?

It will be held on Microsoft Teams, and will run from 10:00am to 2:00pm EST on the dates indicated.

How do I apply?

All registration is “first-come, first-served.” There is no application process. Sign up as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com

Dates: April 21 - 23, 2026

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm 

Location: Online

Cost:   $500 (UConn/UCH affiliates)

            $600 (External Participants)

Register

Workshop schedule

Day 1: Self-guided introduction to Linux and HPC (available 2 weeks ahead of workshop)

Day 2: High-throughput sequencing, assembly strategies, quality control of data, contaminant detection

Day 3: Short Read and Hybrid Assembly

Day 4: Long Read Assembly, Evaluation

Registration

Registration Link

Workshop FAQ

Who should attend?

Anyone with keen interest in Genome Assembly methods. Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.

What are the prerequisites?

Prior bioinformatic experience is not required.  We have dedicated the first day of workshop to the basics of Linux and high performance computing.

What do I need?

You will need your own laptop to use, have a recent version of R, RStudio installed, and some other applications.  We will send you details of softwares and installation instructions with your registration acknowledgement email.

Can I bring my own data?

We will provide experimental datasets for use during the workshop, as this helps to keep the workshop moving. There will be time, however, to discuss your own datasets and how you might work with them outside of the workshop.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee is $600 and $500 for UConn affiliates. It is payable at the time of registration with credit card or KFS.

Where is the workshop?

It will be held on Microsoft Teams, and will run from 10:00am to 2:00pm EST on the dates indicated.

How do I apply?

All registration is “first-come, first-served.” There is no application process. Sign up as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com

Dates: May 19 - 21, 2026

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm 

Location: Online

Cost:   $500 (UConn/UCH affiliates)

            $600 (External Participants)

Register

Workshop schedule

Day 1: Self-guided introduction to Linux and HPC (available 2 weeks ahead of workshop)

Day 2: Introduction to HTS, Genome Assembly Validation, File Format Basics, and Repeats

Day 3: Helixer annotation with no evidence, BRAKER annotation with protein evidence

Day 4: EASEL with RNA-seq evidence and annotation evaluation

Registration

Registration Link

Workshop FAQ

Who should attend?

Anyone with keen interest in Genome Annotation methods. Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, advanced undergraduates, staff, and industry researchers.

What are the prerequisites?

Prior bioinformatic experience is not required.  We have dedicated the first day of workshop to the basics of Linux and high performance computing.

What do I need?

You will need your own laptop to use, have a recent version of R, RStudio installed, and some other applications.  We will send you details of softwares and installation instructions with your registration acknowledgement email.

Can I bring my own data?

We will provide experimental datasets for use during the workshop, as this helps to keep the workshop moving. There will be time, however, to discuss your own datasets and how you might work with them outside of the workshop.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee is $600 and $500 for UConn affiliates. It is payable at the time of registration with credit card or KFS.

Where is the workshop?

It will be held on Microsoft Teams, and will run from 10:00am to 2:00pm EST on the dates indicated.

How do I apply?

All registration is “first-come, first-served.” There is no application process. Sign up as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com