Date: December 1st
Time: Reception starts at 8:00 am
Location: McIntyre Medical Building, Room 521 (The Jonathan C. Meakins Amphitheatre).
Registration fee: $11 CAD + taxes
Refreshments and boxed lunch will be provided for all registered atendees.
Registration is now closed
The MiCM will be collaborating with the Human Genetics Student Society to host a full-day in-person event to boost your bioinformatic skills and improve your understanding of transcriptomic data analysis. We will kickstart the day with a discussion panel between the workshop instructors to answer some of the most pressing questions in the field.
The event will close with a Keynote talk from Prof. Hamed Najafabadi from the CSG Lab titled
"Using transcriptomics to understand the gene regulatory basis of human diseases"
Based on their level of experience in bioinformatics, atendees can choose one of two workshop tracks:
- Beginner stream that will introduce attendees to the basics of bulk and single cell RNA-seq data analysis.
- Advanced stream with workshops on long read RNA-seq data analysis and advanced topics in single cell transcriptomics. Atendees will have the opportunity to tests the acquired skills on their own dataset during the final "bring your own data" session.
The keynote talk will be open to all McGill students at no cost.
Look at the official event poster for more details!
Schedule
| TIME | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 08:00-08:30 | Reception |
| 08:30-9:00 | Opening discussion panel with instructors |
| 9:00-9:20 | Coffee break |
| 9:20-12:00 | Workshop block 1 (See stream-specific schedule below) |
| 12:00-12:45 | Lunch break |
| 12:45-16:00 | Workshop block 2 (See stream-specific schedule below) |
| 16:00-16:25 | Break |
| 16:25-16:30 | Keynote speaker introduction |
| 16:30-17:30 | Keynote talk: Using transcriptomics to understand the gene regulatory basis of human diseases |
| 17:30-17:45 | Concluding remarks |
Beginner Stream Workshop Schedule
| TIME | EVENT | LEAD INSTRUCTOR |
|---|---|---|
| 09:20-12:00 | Intro to RNA seq data formats, preprocessing and quantification | Audrey Baguette |
| 12:45-13:45 | Differential Expression analysis | Audrey Baguette |
| 14:00-16:00 | Intro to single-cell technologies | Yasmin Jolasun |
Advanced Stream Workshop Schedule
| TIME | EVENT | LEAD INSTRUCTOR |
|---|---|---|
| 09:20-12:00 | long-read RNA seq data analysis | Michael Apostolides |
| 12:45-15:00 | single-cell RNA seq data clustering and trajectory inference | Yumin Zheng |
| 15:00-16:00 | "Bring Your Own Data" Lab |
Michael Apostolides and Yumin Zheng |
Co-Curricular Record
Your participation in these workshops will be recognized on your co-curricular record CCR (you must attend the full workshop to get recognition).
Any questions?
Feel free to contact workshop-micm [at] mcgill.ca or hgss.pgss [at] mail.mcgill.ca
