Important Dates

• Course date: 28-30 September 2022
• Deadline for applications: 10 September 2022.
  Course selection will be done on a first-come first-served basis and participants will be immediately notified

Fee

The course includes a fee of 220 Euros, covering lunches, coffe breaks, and a social dinner. Participants are expected to pay their own travel and accommodation costs (if any).

Selection

A maximum of 20 candidates will be accepted for the course. Priority will be given to candidates from ELIXIR-IIB member institutions (see the list at the bottom) and ELIXIR nodes.

Application Form – Registration

Instructors

• Marco Beccuti – Dept. of Computer Sciences, University of Torino, IT
• Raffaele Calogero – Dep. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, IT
• Francesca Cordero – Dept. of Computer Sciences, University of Torino, IT
  

Organisers

• Raffaele Calogero – Dep. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, IT
• Marco Beccuti – Dept. of Computer Science, University of Torino, IT
• Loredana Le Pera – ELIXIR-IIB Deputy Training Coordinator, ISS, IT
• Allegra Via – ELIXIR-IIB Training Coordinator, IBPM-CNR, IT
  

Course Description

An introduction to single cell RNA-seq data analysis. This course aims to provide participants with theoretical and practical knowledge on how to perform bioinformatic analyses of scRNA-seq data using open-source software solutions. scRNA-seq analyses will be performed using the tools available as part of the Reproducible Bioinformatics Project: rCASC.
You can find here the complete course description and program.

Laptop

Participants will be requested to bring their own laptop; in case of need organisers can provide a computer to participants.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

• explain the importance of experimental design to ask sensible biological questions at single cell level;
• assess the quality of data;
• describe limits and strength of data reduction and clustering in scRNA-seq;
• identify genes driving cluster formation in scRNA-seq;
• extract biological knowledge from cluster-specific biomarkers.

ELIXIR-IIB member institutes

1. CNR, National Research Council (Lead Institute)
2. CRS4
3. CINECA
4. Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento
5. ENEA
6. Fondazione Telethon
7. INFN
8. Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
9. GARR
10. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli
11. University of Roma “Sapienza”
12. University of Bari
13. University of Bologna
14. University of Firenze
15. University of Milano
16. University of Milano Bicocca
17. University of Napoli
18. University of Padova
19. University of Parma
20. University of Roma “Tor Vergata”
21. University of Salerno
22. University of Torino
23. University of Tuscia