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BUSS Mug Sale 2017
Author: Sean Ihn
BUSS Presents: Programming Seminar
Drinks and lunch will be provided!
No previous programing skills required. BRING YOUR LAPTOP AND CHARGER!!
Fee is $5.00, pay by the door, or $4.15 online!
Schedule:
Session 1 ( 10:00 – 11:15) : Introduction to programming – Why programming; basic concepts in programming Introduction to R and RStudio – navigation in Rstudio, interaction with R, getting help etc.
Coffee break (11:15 – 11:30)
Session 2 ( 11:30 – 12:45) : Data structure in R – basic data types and structures in R; read data; Manipulation of data frames Control flow and repetition – conditional statement and loops
Lunch break (12:45 – 1:15)
Session 3 ( 1:15 – 2:30) : Functions and vectorization in R – How to write new functions and apply to all elements Explore data with summary, aggregation, correlations Making plots in R – R base plotting; ggplot (if time permits)
Coffee break (2:30 – 2:45)
Session 4 (2:45 – 4:00) : Basic data analysis – using base R: t tests, basic regression models Use R packages for data analysis: – intro to packages for biological and statistical analysis Output data – save data frames, plots, objects and workspaces – making data analysis report with knitr
(Time permitting) Introduction to command line
(Time permitting) – How to use command line programs – Write an R script – Good practices in programming
We hope to see you there!
From CRISPR to Gairdner: Dr. Rudolphe Barrangou
Come and join us (Friday, October 28th from 4-5 PM in MSB4279) in meeting Dr. Barrangou who is a 2016 Gairdner award winner. The Gairdner awards are a series of awards that are given to biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine, resulting in an increase in our understanding of human biology and disease. The Gairdner awards are known to be a strong predicator of future winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine and Physiology.
Dr. Barrangou is an associate Professor, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences and a Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Scholar in Probiotics Research North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
He is receiving the 2016 Gairdner Award for establishing and characterizing the CRISPR-Cas bacterial immune system.
So join us in learning about Dr. Barrangou’s work and the path that he took that led him to success.
Undergraduate Professional Development: Empowering YOU to be market-ready – October 2016
By popular demand, BUSS brings you a NEW series of 4 workshops highlighting professional and career development to help land your summer internship or career after graduation.
Topics include marketing yourself, the resume, the informational interview, how to find your own mentors outside of academia, career options. Workshops are highly interactive and require you to bring an electronic device with internet access.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Nana Lee, a national leader in graduate professional development
Speaker: Dr. Nana Lee
Dates: TBD
Place: TBD
To register, please submit in a one page resume and a 200-300 paragraph on what you hope to achieve through UPD all in one pdf file entitled “Your last name_UPD2016” to nana.lee@utoronto.ca by 5 pm October 17, 2016. All participants are expected to attend all 4 workshops to receive optimal assessments and potential future intern/career opportunities.