BRCF Bioinformatics Workshop: Reproducible Computing at the University of Michigan

This multi-day, virtual workshop runs from June 5 to June 7. Each day will go from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. This is for researchers who manage lots of data and/or execute compute-intensive analyses. It illustrates best practices around data management, software management, and task automation in the U-M information technology (IT) ecosystem.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Manage software requirements in a modular, portable fashion using modules (lmod), Conda, and containers (Docker/Singularity)
• Submit jobs to Great Lakes High-Performance Computing Cluster using basic SLURM commands (e.g., squeue) and also using workflow managers (e.g., Snakemake)
• Describe data storage resources available at U-M, best practices for different kinds of data, and how to use Globus File Transfer to transfer and share data

Details:

• This workshop is open only to learners associated with the University of Michigan.
• The cost is $390 per seat and shortcodes are accepted.
• Registration closes on Wednesday, May 27, 2024.
• The workshop is entirely online and will be conducted over Zoom and Slack.
• This workshop assumes at least some familiarity or experience working with a command line (Previous attendance in a Computational Foundations workshop or Software Carpentry workshop is sufficient).
• The workshop experience is designed to be interactive and includes a combination of lecture, live-coding, independent exercises, and opportunities for questions throughout.
• Refunds of workshop fees for cancellations are possible prior to the close of registration on May 22, 2024.

For any questions, please email the Bioinformatics Core Workshop Team at
[email protected] or visit the Bioinformatics Core website.

Contact Us
Biomedical Research Core Facilities
Office of Research, University of Michigan Medical School
Email: [email protected]
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About Us
The Biomedical Research Core Facilities (BRCF) are part of the Medical School Office of Research, where our mission is to foster an environment of innovation and efficiency that serves the Michigan Medicine research community and supports biomedical science from insight to impact.

The BRCF Bioinformatics Core helps researchers identify and interpret patterns in RNA and DNA by placing sequencing data into a biologically meaningful context. This encompasses assisting with experimental design, developing reproducible workflows, analyzing next-generation sequencing data, and supporting manuscript development/publication.