February - Genomic analyses with R: Mathieu Lajoie, Stéphane Mbatchou, Alexis Blanchet-Cohen

Event Details

Date/Time:

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 16h00 - 18h00

Location:

Location: Jacques-Genest auditorium, IRCM

Schedule:

16h00 - 16h05 — Introduction (Alain Bateman)
16h05 - 16h40 — Mathieu Lajoie, PhD — an overview of three important packages for genomic analyses, GenomicRanges, rtracklayer and knitr
16h40 - 17h00 — Break with snacks and beverages
17h00 - 17h40 — Stéphane Mbatchou, co-developer of DataSHIELD, "an R library that enables the remote and non-disclosive analysis of sensitive research data"
17h40 - 18h00 — Alexis Blanchet-Cohen, developer of abcrnaseqplots, an alternative to CummeRbund to analyze RNA-Seq data

We're excited to collaborate with the Montreal R User Group on a special event, focused on genomic analyses with R.

Prizes for the speakers are generously provided by the Montreal R User Group.

Speaker: Mathieu Lajoie, PhD

Talk Title: An overview of three important packages for genomic analyses: GenomicRanges, rtracklayer and knitr

Speaker: Stéphane Mbatchou

Talk Title: DataSHIELD

Abstract:

DataSHIELD is "an R library that enables the remote and non-disclosive analysis of sensitive research data".

Biography

Co-developer of DataSHIELD.

Speaker: Alexis Blanchet-Cohen

Talk Title: abcrnaseqplots, an alternative to CummeRbund to analyze RNA-Seq data

Biography

Developer of abcrnaseqplots.