-**Tutors**: [Alisandra Denton](https://www.ceplas.eu/en/research/people/dr-alisandra-denton/) and [Dominik Brilhaus](https://www.ceplas.eu/en/research/data-science-and-data-management/)
-**Location**: Building 25.41. Room 00.41 ([at ZIM HHU, Düsseldorf](https://www.zim.hhu.de/ueber-uns/lageplan-und-anreiseskizze))
-**Prerequisites**
- Technical
- Computers incl. required software and course material are provided during the course.
- Participants *can* bring own laptops, but without guarantee (possible system-specific dependencies)
- Expertise
- Some pre-knowledge in programming may help, but is not required.
- First (half) day will be an optional introduction.
## Schedule
| Time | Section |
|:----------- | -------:|
| 9:00 | Start |
| 10:00-10:20 | Coffee |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee |
| ~17:00 | End |
## Topics (*preliminary*)
-*[Optional, if needed]* Basic introduction to tools and programming (e.g. with Linux/Bash, R, Python)
- Introduction to read processing and quality control
- Introduction to read mapping and quantification
- Long and short reads
- Transcriptome assembly
- Post-mapping analysis
- Differential gene expression
- Clustering
- Functional annotation and enrichment
- Visualization
## Registration
-**Participants**:
- CEPLAS researchers of all levels
- Open to non-CEPLAS researchers, if max. participant number is not reached
- min. / max. participants: 10 / 20
-**Registration phase**: June 27th - July 20th
-**Topic wishlist**: If you would like to learn about specific topics or tools related to RNA-Seq data analysis, please raise them during the registration.
-**Basic Intro**: Please let us know your programming expertise and wether you interested in a basic introduction to programming.
