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Software Carpentry
Workshop Date Location Registration

R for Reproducible Scientific Research (2 days)

An introduction to R for non-programmers

 10-11 Feb Learning Commons Building, Griffith University Gold Coast campus
  • All registrants
18-19 Feb Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia campus
  • UQ HDR students
  • All other registrants 
2-3 Mar CQU online (Zoom) workshop Fully booked
23-24 Apr Earth and Environmental Sciences building, JCU Townsville campus Registration opening soon
30 Apr - 1 May Duhig Tower, UQ St Lucia campus
12-13 May QUT Kelvin Grove campus
1-2 Jun Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia campus
22-23 Jun USQ Toowoomba campus Registration opening soon
June Griffith University Nathan campus Registration opening April
August QUT Registration opening mid-2020
October Griffith University Gold Coast campus Registration opening mid-2020
October QUT Registration opening mid-2020
November UQ Registration opening mid-2020

Plotting and Programming with Python (2/3 days)

An introduction to Python for non-programmers

 5-6 Mar CQU online (Zoom) workshop

Fully booked
23-24 Mar Advanced Engineering Building, UQ St Lucia campus

Fully booked
23-25 Mar Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, Griffith University Nathan campus
20-21 Apr QUT Gardens Point campus
26-28 May Business School Builiding, Griffith University Gold Coast campus
15-16 Jun JCU Townsville campus Registration opening soon
30 Jun - 1 Jul Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia campus
6-8 Jul The Chancellery, Griffith University Gold Coast campus
17-19 Aug Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, Griffith University Nathan campus
August QUT Registration opening mid-2020
28/29 Sep USQ Springfield campus Registration opening soon
October UQ Registration opening mid-2020
November Griffith University Nathan campus Registration opening mid-2020
Introduction to Unix (1 day) 18 Mar CQU online (Zoom) workshop
Introduction to Git TBA TBA  

 

Data processing and statistics using R
Workshop Date Location Registration

Statistics for comparisons using R (1 day)

Knowledge of R required

9 Mar

 Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, Griffith University Nathan campus
12 Mar Duhig Tower, UQ St Lucia campus Fully booked
2 Jun Earth and Environmental Sciences building, JCU Townsville campus Registration opening soon

Exploring and predicting using linear regression in R (1 day)

Knowledge of basic statistics and R required

 28 Apr Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, Griffith University Nathan campus
11 May Advanced Engineering Building, UQ St Lucia campus
3 Jun Earth and Environmental Sciences building, JCU Townsville campus Registration opening soon

Longitudinal and mixed model analysis in R (1 day)

Knowledge of basic statistics and R required

 11 Jun Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia campus
14 Jun Earth and Environmental Sciences building, JCU Townsville campus Registration opening soon

 

Bioinformatics analysis with Galaxy 

Supported by Galaxy Australia
Workshop Date Location Registration
NGS Platforms: how data generation impacts bioinformatics analysis (1 day) 17 Feb Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia campus
31 March QUT Kelvin Grove campus

RNA-Seq analysis using Galaxy (1 day)

 6 Apr  Duhig Tower, UQ St Lucia campus
Genome assembly using Galaxy (1 day) 14 Jul Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia campus   
Variant detection using Galaxy (1 day) TBA TBA  
Metagenomics analysis using Galaxy (1 day) TBA TBA  

 

Sensitive and clinical data management 
Workshop Date Location Registration
Clinical data capture and management with REDCap (1 day) 6 Mar Griffith University Gold Coast campus
27 Mar QUT Gardens Point campus
3 Apr UQ Herston campus
Working with sensitive data (1 day) TBA Griffith University  

 

Advanced bioinformatics analysis
Workshop Date Location Registration
Assembly of long-read sequencing (1 day) TBA TBA  

RNA-Seq analysis with Galaxy and R (2 days)

Knowledge of R required

 TBA TBA  

Genome assembly using the command line (2 days)

Knowledge of R required

 TBA TBA  

 

Workshop fees

  • QCIF member researchers. Thanks to the support of QCIF's members, all our workshops are free to staff and research students from member institutions (UQ, QUT, Griffith Uni, CQUni, USQ and JCU).
  • QCIF member non-research students. Undergraduate and higher degree by coursework students at member institutions are eligible for discounted registration rates of $250/day
  • QCIF associate member staff and students. Staff and students from the University of the Sunshine Coast are eligible for discounted registration rates of $250/day
  • Other institutions. $450/day. Please contact training@qcif.edu.au for information about rates for registration packages and contract workshops

 

Conferences of interest in 2020

 

    Previous workshops in 2019
    Workshop Date Location
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 12-13 February Griffith University, Gold Coast campus
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 28 February-1 March CQU virtual workshop
    Clinical research data capture and management with REDcap 14 March South Brisbane
    Clinical research data capture and management with REDcap 27 March UQ, St Lucia campus
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 1 April TRI, Woolloongabba
    NGS Platforms: how data generation impacts bioinformatics analysis 1 April UQ, St Lucia campus
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 2 April TRI, Woolloongabba
    Genome assembly using Galaxy 2 April UQ, St Lucia campus
    Hypothesis testing using R 3 April TRI, Woolloongabba
    RNA-Seq analysis using Galaxy 3 April UQ St Lucia campus
    Exploring and predicting using linear regression in R 4 April TRI, Woolloongabba
    Variant detection using Galaxy 4 April UQ, St Lucia campus
    Analysis of Longitudinal data using R 5 April TRI, Woolloongabba
    Metagenomics Using Galaxy 5 April UQ, St Lucia campus
    Clinical research data capture and management with REDcap 11 April South Brisbane
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 15-17 April Griffith University Nathan campus
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 15 April UQ, Herston campus
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 16 April UQ, Herston campus
    Long read assembly 7 May TRI, Woolloongabba
    Hypothesis testing using R 10 May UQ, St Lucia campus
    RNA-Seq using R 14 May TRI, Woolloongabba
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 11-12 June Griffith University Nathan campus
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 20-21 June CQU virtual workshop
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 24-25 June USQ Toowoomba
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 24-25 June CQU virtual workshop
    Working with sensitive data 25 June Griffith University, Gold Coast campus
    Introduction to Unix Software Carpentry 3 July CQU virtual workshop
    Working with sensitive data 9 July UQ, Herston campus
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 10 July JCU, Cairns
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 11 July JCU, Cairns
    RNA-Seq using R 12 July JCU, Cairns
    Clinical research data capture and management with REDcap 16 July UQ, Herston campus
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 17 July JCU, Townsville
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 18 July JCU, Townsville
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry     24-25 July JCU, Cairns
    NGS Platforms: how data generation impacts bioinformatics analysis 29 July TRI, Woolloongabba
    Genome assembly using Galaxy 30 July TRI, Woolloongabba
    RNA-Seq analysis using Galaxy 31 July TRI, Woolloongabba
    Variant detection using Galaxy 1 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Metagenomics Using Galaxy 2 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 6-8 August Griffith University, Gold Coast campus
    Assembly of long-read sequencing 12 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 19 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Genome assembly using the command line 20 August UQ, St Lucia campus
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 20 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Hypothesis testing using R 21 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Exploring and predicting using linear regression in R 22 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Analysis of Longitudinal data using R 23 August TRI, Woolloongabba
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 9 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 10 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    Hypothesis testing using R 11 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    NGS Platforms: how data generation impacts bioinformatics analysis 23 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    Genome assembly using Galaxy 24 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    RNA-Seq analysis using Galaxy 25 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    Variant detection using Galaxy 26 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    Metagenomics Using Galaxy 27 September TRI, Woolloongabba
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 30 September/1 October UQ, St Lucia campus
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 2-3 October USQ, Springfield campus
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 8-10 October Griffith University, Gold Coast campus
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 16-17 October Griffith University, Gold Coast campus
    Introduction to R - using the R statistical environment 23 October TRI, Woolloongabba
    Advanced  R - data preparation, processing and reporting using R 24 October TRI, Woolloongabba
    Hypothesis testing using R 25 October TRI, Woolloongabba
    Exploring and predicting using linear regression in R 7 November TRI, Woolloongabba
    Analysis of longitudinal data using R 8 November TRI, Woolloongabba
    Assembly of long-read sequencing 12 November TRI, Woolloongabba
    RNA-Seq analysis with Galaxy and R 20-21 November TRI, Woolloongabba
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 20-22 November Griffith University Nathan campus
    Introduction to Programming with R Software Carpentry 28-29 November CQU virtual workshop
    Introduction to Programming with Python Software Carpentry 5-6 December CQU virtual workshop

    Other resources

    Workshop Date Access
    UCSC Genome Browser - Using the Browser November 2018 Online video
    UCSC Genome Browser - Advanced features November 2018 Online video

     

    About training with QFAB

    Our goal is to improve knowledge diffusion and empower researchers in the use of bioinformatics, biostatistics and biodata techniques.

    We provide a range of flexible seminar series, courses and workshops – ranging from introductory courses to advanced bioinformatics.

    • Hands-on training workshops: to equip researchers with essential skills to carry out primary analyses of their own
    • Seminars: to provide a refresher on fundamental concepts and introduce more complex and advanced ones
    • Analysis Hotel: to provide guidance and facilitated access to tools, applications, data and resources by being embedded within QFAB team
    • Carpentries: to learn data management and processing by doing
    • Clinics: to provide advice on analysis methods, experimental design, interpretation of results, choice and access to resources and compute infrastructure through short consultations

    For details on how QFAB can meet your training needs and enquiries about upcoming workshops, please e-mail our Training Team