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Learn to use tools from the Bioconductor project to perform analysis of genomic data. This is the fifth course in the Genomic Big Data Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.
Bioconductor for Genomic Data Science
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Bioconductor for Genomic Data Science
This course is part of Genomic Data Science Specialization
Instructor: Kasper Daniel Hansen, PhD
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The class will cover how to install and use Bioconductor software. We will discuss common data structures, including ExpressionSets, SummarizedExperiment and GRanges used across several types of analyses.
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In this week we will learn how to represent and compute on biological sequences, both at the whole-genome level and at the level of millions of short reads.
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In this week we will cover Basic Data Types, ExpressionSet, biomaRt, and R S4.
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In this week, we will cover Getting data in Bioconductor, Rsamtools, oligo, limma, and minfi
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JK
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I think it is a good class overall but the pace is fast and the resources that can help you is lacking. This will be good for someone who already kind of understands bioconductor.
AB
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Amazing course, motivated me to use bio conductor for descriptive seq studies of DNA.
MA
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Reviewed on Mar 11, 2016
Excellent introduction to Bioconductor. Thanks to the team. However, absence of inputs from TA or Instructor was felt in the discussion.
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