HPC For Life Sciences
Description
This introductory 2-day hybrid workshop will cover the basics of using the Tufts High Performance Compute Cluster (HPC) to manipulate Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. The first day will introduce users to Linux commands and how to use Slurm job scheduler to run and monitor jobs on the HPC. The second day will cover downloading, performing quality control, aligning and viewing Next Generation Sequencing data. This workshop is for any student, staff or faculty that wants to learn about Bioinformatics.
This workshop is sponsered by the Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC) and Research Technology. The presenters, in order, are:
Day 1:
- Delilah Maloney (TTS - Senior HPC Specialist)
- Adelaide Rhodes (TTS/RT - [Senior Bioinformatics Scientist]) @RareSeas
Day 2:
- Jason Laird (TTS/RT - Bioinformatics Scientist)
- Rebecca Batorsky (DISC - Senior Data Scientist)
Prerequisites
This workshop is open to the Tufts community and appropriate for anyone who would like to work on the Tufts HPC Cluster, no prior experience is required.