Past Events

  • W24: Cancer Genomics

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    As we step into the era of precision medicine, the need for extensive genomic data analysis is more pressing than ever. With the advent of high-throughput technologies, a plethora of […]

  • W25: Population Genetics Modeling

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    In order to make inferences based on genomic data, it is useful to understand the evolutionary forces that underlie observed genetic variation. The field of population genetics offers theoretical tools […]

  • W16: Library Prep for NGS

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This workshop will cover the basis of Next-Gen Sequencing Library Preparation for Illumina Sequencers. Different Library Preparation Techniques (DNA-seq, ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, Methyl-seq) are explained the first and second day in […]

  • W9: Intro to Python

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This workshop will cover the basic concepts of Python programming. The course is supplemented with many hands-on exercises with emphasis given towards computational biology use cases.

  • W1a: Intro to Unix & the Hoffman2 Cluster

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Unix is a command-line-based platform that is a highly powerful and flexible tool for data management and analysis. First, this workshop introduces the basic concepts of UNIX operating system and […]

  • W2: Using NGS Analysis Tools

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    High-throughput sequencing technology involves a number of concepts and techniques that shape a project before application-specific processes are utilized. First, this workshop introduces the more “universal” aspects of high-throughput sequence […]

  • W18: Advanced Python

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This workshop will cover some more advanced topics in python including an overview of object-oriented python (this will not be an in-depth course on object-oriented programming), use of the numpy […]

  • W3: Intro to R and Data Visualization

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    R (www.r-project.org) is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. First, this workshop introduces basic concepts, syntax, and usage in R programming, statistical analysis, and visualization techniques. We […]

  • W17: Machine Learning with Python

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This workshop will cover the basic principles involved in the applications mentioned above, such as pattern recognition, linear and non-linear regression and cluster analysis. The workshop will be oriented towards […]

  • W37: Applications of Large Language Models

    529 Boyer Hall 611 Charles E Young Dr E,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This 3-day interactive workshop introduces the overarching principles guiding generative modeling and specifically Large-Scale Language Models (LLM), their application in Python for inference, and specific use-cases in Genomics. Experience with […]