Training
Our goal is to improve knowledge diffusion and empower researchers in the use 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
You can contact us by filling in our Expression of Interest form or contact our Training Team for details on how QFAB can meet your training needs and enquiries about upcoming workshops.
Upcoming NGS Workshops from Galaxy Australia
| Date | Workshop | Price | Info/Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-8 August 2018 | RNA Seq analysis using Galaxy (1.5 days) | $25 | Info/Registration |
| 22 August 2018 | Introduction to Galaxy Australia - Genome Assembly (3 hours) | Free | |
| 4-5 September 2018 | Genome assembly using Galaxy (1.5 days) | $25 | Info/Registration |
| 12 September 2018 | Introduction to Galaxy Australia - Variant detection (3 hours) | Free | TBA |
| 18-19 September 2018 | Variant detection using Galaxy (1.5 days) | $25 | Info/Registration |
Upcoming R Workshops
| Date | Workshop | Early Bird Price* | Info/Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2018 | Data preparation, processing and reporting using R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
| 3 August 2018 | Exploring and predicting using linear regression in R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
| 17 August 2018 | Longitudinal and mixed model analysis in R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
| 20 August 2018 | Hypothesis testing using R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
| 10 September 2018 | Introduction to R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
| 5 October 2018 | Data preparation, processing and reporting using R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
| 12 October 2018 | Hypothesis testing using R ( 1 day) | $135 | Info/Registration |
* Only available to QFAB Members: UQ, QUT, GU, JCU, USQ, CQU and USC
Other Workshops
| Date | Workshop | Price | Info/Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coming soon | Introduction to statistics using SPSS | Info |
Software carpentries
| Date | Workshop | Price | Info/Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28-29 August 2018 | R Environment, using command line Shell and Version Control with Git (2 days) | details |
Conferences of interest in 2018
