Training

A key component of the HBC’s mission is its training initiative. Our dedicated training team holds workshop to help researchers at Harvard better understand analytical methods for NGS data.

HBC’s training team devotes substantial time to material development, training and community building/outreach. All members of the training team also participate in consultations on research projects to ensure they remain up-to-date on current best practices in NGS analysis.

Our hands-on workshops focus on basic data skills and analysis of high-throughput sequencing data, with an emphasis on experimental design, current best practices and reproducibility. Our workshops are designed for wet-lab biologists aiming to independently design sequencing-based experiments and analyzing the resulting data. 

We offer four types of workshops:

1. Short, 3-hour monthly modules (Current Topics in Bioinformatics)
2. Basic Data Skills*
3. Advanced Topics in the Analysis of High-throughput Sequencing (NGS) Data
4. Week-long, Intensive Boot Camps

    *The basic data skills workshops serve as the foundation for the advanced topics workshops.

Our complete training schedule can be found here and our pricing can be found here.

HBC’s training program is currently funded by Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

We would also like to thank our previous funders who have made contributions to the training program, including Harvard Catalyst and the Harvard Center for AIDS Research.

Contact

For any training-related questions, please email us at hbctraining@hsph.harvard.edu.

HBC training materials are freely available and designed for self-learning, they can be accessed here. Please read our licensing information prior to reusing or adapting our materials. RRID:SCR_025373

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