Bioinformatics Summer Workshop
Register for the workshopRNA-seq Workshop
The PICR Bioinformatics Workshop returns in summer 2026 for graduate students and faculty. This free program is designed to strengthen participants’ understanding of high-quality bioinformatics analysis and its role in advancing cancer research. The workshop will take place May 11–20, 2026. Most sessions will run for half-days, with three extended days concluding at 2:30 p.m. Participants are required to attend all workshop sessions.
Breakfast and snacks will be provided daily, with lunch served on the extended days. The program will also feature two seminar speakers, including Simon Hayward.
Workshop schedule
| RNA-seq Workshop All activities in room *TBD unless otherwise indicated. | May 11-20 |
| Time | 5/11 | 5/12 | 5/13 | 5/14 | 5/15 | 5/18 | 5/19 | 5/20 |
| 8:00-8:30AM | Breakfast (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) | Breakfast & review (TBD) |
| 8:30-10AM | Linux/Unix 101 | Intro to R | RNA-seq lecture | RNA-seq lecture | RNA-seq lecture | RNA-seq Hands-on: DE analysis | Hands-on: Pathway Analysis | Hands-on: GSEA |
| 10:00-10:15AM | break | break | break | break | break | break | break | break |
| 10:15-11:00AM | HPC 101 | Intro to R | RNA-seq lecture | Hands-on: Alignment | Hands-on: Count matrix generation | RNA-seq lecture | Hands-on: Pathway Analysis | Questions and wrap-up |
| 11:00-11:30AM | ||||||||
| 11:30-11:45AM | RNA-seq Hands-on: QC | |||||||
| 11:45AM-12PM | Questions | |||||||
| 12:00-1:00PM | Lunch (TBD) | No lecture | Lunch (TBD) | No lecture | Lunch (TBD) | No lecture | No lecture | No lecture |
| 1:00-2:00PM | HPC 102 | Special Seminar (RAWLS 1062) | Dr. Simon Hayward seminar (RAWLS 1062) | |||||
| 2:00-2:30PM | No lecture | No lecture | ||||||
| 2:30-2:45PM | No lecture | |||||||
| 2:45-3PM | ||||||||
| 3:00-4:00PM | ||||||||
| 4:00-4:30PM | ||||||||
| 4:30-5:00PM |
Monday 5/11/26: 8AM-2:30PM
Tuesday 5/12/26: 8AM-12PM
Wednesday 5/13/26: 8AM-2PM
Thursday 5/14/26: 8AM-12PM
Friday 5/15/26: 8AM-2PM
Monday 5/18/26: 8AM-12PM
Tuesday 5/19/26: 8AM-12PM
Wednesday 5/20/26: 8AM-5PM