Education and frameworks

Short talk: The Bioconductor teaching committee: A collaborative effort to consolidate Bioconductor-focused training material and establish a community of trainers

The Bioconductor teaching committee: A collaborative effort to consolidate Bioconductor-focused training material and establish a community of trainers Charlotte Soneson,Laurent Gatto,Jenny Drnevich,Robert Castelo Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research Abstract The Carpentries (https://carpentries.org) aims to teach foundational computational and data science skills to researchers using local instructors that have been specially trained in sound pedagogical methods. They offer a variety of introductory R modules, both on generic scripting and geared towards particular fields like ecology and genomics, but there are none currently involving Bioconductor-focused training material.

Short talk: BiocSwirl: Interactive R Tutorials for Bioinformatics

BiocSwirl: Interactive R Tutorials for Bioinformatics Lisa N Cao,Julia Philipp,Matt Moss,Almas Khan,Jasdeep Singh,Mariam Arab,Sourav Singh Simon Fraser University Abstract Bioinformatics has grown in adoption in many non-technical fields, advancing so rapidly that traditional bench scientists are finding it challenging to keep up with gold standard workflows. Complex bioinformatics data analyses become difficult to retain when learned using traditional teaching methods or static formats, which are often not updated or available for feedback.

Short talk: BentoBox: A New Paradigm for Multifigure, Coordinate-Based Plotting in R

BentoBox: A New Paradigm for Multifigure, Coordinate-Based Plotting in R Nicole Kramer,Eric Davis,Craig Wenger,Sarah Parker,Douglas Phanstiel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Abstract R is unparalleled in its ability to transform raw data into a wide array of beautiful graphics, all within the same environment. However, when it comes to complex, multi-paneled plots, users rely on 3rd party graphic design software to arrange and customize plots. Here we present BentoBox, a coordinate-based genomic data visualization package that will revolutionize multi-figure plotting in R.