Education and training are key components of our mission to support informatically-enabled life science research. The Core promotes activities ranging from one-on-one project consultations to multi-day workshops.
Workshops
Upcoming Workshops
Consensus Pathway Analysis in the Cloud
Registration for this event is now closed.
October 23, 2025 – November 20, 2025
Cloud computing for bioinformatics and data science. In this workshop, bioinformatics experts from Delaware INBRE and CTR will guide participants through a cloud-based “Consensus Pathway Analysis Workshop*. Participants will gain basic cloud computing skills as they complete hands-on trainings in differential expression analysis, pathway analysis, a meta- analysis, and more. These skills are relevant to biological interpretation of many omics approaches including, RNA-Seq, proteomics, and epigenomics. Participants will walk through one module per week at their own pace. No prerequisite knowledge is required.
Past Workshops
While these workshops have passed, many are offered annually, and nearly all are available for self-study, with materials available via GitHub or upon request.
R for Bio Data Analysis Boot Camp
Materials available upon request | Previously offered: July 2025; January 2025; June 2024
R is a statistical programming language used broadly for data analysis and visualization, including of biological and biomedical datasets. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of importing data and libraries, manipulating data tables, running common statistical tests/analyses, and creating visualizations using common data science packages like ggplot2 and dplyr. Some basic knowledge of R is encouraged, but not required.
Single-Cell RNA-Seq and ATAC-Seq Workshop
Previously offered: January 2025
Led by Dr. Kristina Holton, an alumna of the Bioinformatics Data Science PhD Program at UD, the workshop will cover the concepts behind single cell approaches and participants will gain hands-on experience analyzing real-world datasets using common analysis pipelines in R.
High Performance Computing & the Linux Command Line Boot Camp
Materials available upon request | Previously offered: June 2024, June 2023
Biomix provides access to high performance computing (HPC) for Delaware life science research, allowing users to perform analyses that may be impossible or troublesome to run on a personal computer. In this workshop, you will learn to log on to Biomix, navigate using the command line, use the job scheduler SLURM, and run the popular bioinformatics tool BLAST on Biomix.
Practical AI/ML for Computational Biology and Chemistry Workshop
**Now an NIGMS Sandbox Module!** This cloud-enabled module is ready to be run anytime, anywhere, and features instructional videos throughout.
Click here for the Sandbox module | Previously offered: June 2022
This workshop will provide participants with a conceptual understanding of various AI/ML approaches, practical applications of AI/ML in computational biology and chemistry, and hands-on exercises that emphasize the importance of data preparation and readiness for AI/ML. We will give participants opportunity with first-hand experiences on the issues in dealing with data that is not well-prepared. We will cover various data formats, processing and wrangling techniques to get the data into a form where it can be utilized by AI/ML algorithms. We will also teach different visualization techniques to better understand the data at hand. Basic Python programming is recommended but not required.
Python and Bash Boot Camp
Click here for materials | Previously offered: May 2022
The boot camp covers Bash and Python skills and topics critical to understanding and performing modern data analysis. While originally meant to prepare participants for the “Practical AI/ML for Computational Biology and Chemistry” Workshop, the materials are designed to be a stand-alone introduction to python and the command line.
FAIR Data Practices for Omics Analysis Workshop
Click here for materials | Previously offered: April 2022
This workshop will teach Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable data practices while applying them to some steps of omics analysis. Participants will learn strategies and tools for keeping data FAIR through hands-on exercises. Some knowledge of using the unix/linux command line and Git is required.
Microbial Community Analysis Workshop
Previously offered: May 2021; June 2021
The workshop will cover best practices in bioinformatics analysis of amplicon-based microbial community data – using a 16S rRNA data set. Participants will learn to retrieve sequence data from the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA), and will then use a BASH command-line environment on the Biomix computational cluster to perform sequence analysis. R will be used to perform downstream analysis and visualization of those data. Compositional statistical methods will be introduced and used throughout.
Documentation
- Biomix. The Biomix Compute Cluster hosted at DBI provides access to High Performance Computer hardware for the Delaware life science community. The Core provides consultation and support to users of this resource. Email help@bioinformatics.udel.edu to inquire about access.
- Biostore. The Biostore resource provides access to terabyte-scale storage shares to support biomedical research data storage needs, including (but are not limited to) core facilities, including the DBI Bio-Imaging Center, Sequencing and Genotyping Center, Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging, and the Bioinformatics Core. To apply for access.
Contact the Bioinformatics Core (help@bioinformatics.udel.edu) for more information.
Custom Training
The Bioinformatics Data Science Core offers custom training to help researchers and scientists develop the skills they need. Our experts provide tailored sessions on specific types of data analysis and the effective use of our core infrastructure, such as Biomix. We can deliver training in a format that best suits your needs, whether it’s one-on-one, small group, or even large workshops.