Description:

R is a popular language for data analysis and many R packages have been written for genomic analysis, especially analysis of single cell RNA-seq data. Installing and managing these packages is relatively straightforward on a local laptop but performing these analyses with large genomic or transcriptomic datasets often requires more computational power than an individual laptop provides. This workshop will cover R package installation on Quest and interfacing with a custom R environment via RStudio on Quest OnDemand with Genomics Compute Cluster resources. We will focus on installation of Bioconductor packages and packages used with scRNA-seq data.

Prerequisites: There are no formal prerequisites for this workshop, but we recommend that attendees have an active account on Quest and are familiar with the basics of submitting jobs.

The Foundations in Genomics Analyses series will be taught in person on the Chicago campus and virtually during the fall 2024 quarter and will cover topics and skills foundational to conducting genomics-related research. This series is a collaboration between Northwestern IT's Research Computing and Data Services and the Galter Library and will be taught by Haley Carter and Pamela Shaw. Attendees are welcome to attend just one or as many workshops in the series they are interested in. However, there may be some references to previous weeks' material in any given workshop.