Educators:
Peter Stadler, Rolf Backofen, Björn Grüning, Michael Uhl, (RBC)
Date:
16 – 17 July 2015
Location:
Faculty of Engineering
University of Freiburg
Georges-Köhler-Allee 101
79110 Freiburg
Contents:
This workshop introduce the participants into the Galaxy framework. Day 1 started with
talks giving an introduction into the topic RNAseq. Afterwards, an overview of the Galaxy framework as well as the RNA
Bioinformatics Center (RBC) will be presented. The day closed with a poster session during which the participants
presented and discussed their own current work with each other.
The actual Galaxy workshop took place on day 2. After an introduction into Galaxy's basic workflow,
supplied exemplary RNAseq datasets were analysed by the students using Galaxy. During the
workshop, short introductions and hands-on instructions for each single analysis step and tool will provided.
Learning goals:
Participants will be instructed in the transcriptomics workflow and gain understanding of the possibilities and limitations of transcriptome sequencing and RNAseq analysis. The course covers lectures and hands-on sessions by de.NBI experts in the fields.
Prerequisites:
The course is aimed at PhD students, postdoctoral fellows or other scientists with a solid background in bioinformatics and molecular biology.
Keywords:
RNAseq, Galaxy framework,
Tools:
Galaxy
Contact:
Björn Grüning
Michael Uhl