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Course Description and Assignments
This online hands-on nanocourse will instruct participants on several best practices for reproducible research in Bioinformatics, including:
- How to generate reports for your analyses using RMarkdown
- How to track changes as you work on files using a version control system called Git (GitKraken tool)
- How to collaborate effectively, and disseminate code & other documents using Github
To practice concepts taught in class, participants will be given assignments to work on between sessions. The time commitment for the assignments is approximately 2 hours.
Prerequisites
There is a pre-requisite for a basic knowledge of R, but if folks do not have it, they can use this learning resource.
Who should attend?
Researchers who want to learn:
1. The benefits of using Rmarkdown reports for reproducibility
2. How to generate reports using the knitr package in R
3. Best practices for working with version control systems
4. How to set up Git repositories, record changes, and manage conflicts using GitKraken
5. How to work locally and remotely on GitHub
Enrollment Limit
This course is limited to 30 participants.
Session Dates and Times
Priority will be given to graduate students taking the course for credit. In order to receive credit, students must attend all sessions and complete all assignments. Postdocs can register too, however, they will be granted access to the course as space allows.
First session – Monday, June 7, 1:00-3:30pm, Zoom
Instructors:
Radhika Khetani, PhD
Meeta Mistry, PhD
Jelena Patrnogić, PhD
Second session – Wednesday, June 9, 1:00-3:30pm, Zoom
Instructors:
Radhika Khetani, PhD
Meeta Mistry, PhD
Third session – Friday, June 11, 1:00-3:30pm, Zoom
Instructors:
Radhika Khetani, PhD
Meeta Mistry, PhD
Course Director
Radhika Khetani, PhD
Curriculum Fellow
Jelena Patrnogić, PhD (jelena_patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu)