What's New @ HSLS MolBio

Learn @ HSLS: IPA and Correlation Engine – A Comprehensive Approach to Pathway Enrichment Analysis, July 31

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 1-4 p.m.
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Register for IPA and Correlation Engine – A Comprehensive Approach to Pathway Enrichment Analysis

In this engaging workshop, you will learn how to analyze differentially expressed genes (DEG) associated with genome-scale experiments, such as RNA-Seq gene expression studies, and gain mechanistic insights using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis and Correlation Engine software.

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Learn @ HSLS: Python Bootcamp Week, August 6-9

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, through Friday, August 9, 2024, noon-1 p.m.
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Register for Python Bootcamp

Join us for our premiere Python Bootcamp Week, offering a comprehensive dive into Python programming. Mirroring the approach of its R counterpart, the bootcamp unfolds through a sequence of dedicated sessions that encompass the full data analysis workflow.

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New Open Access Publishing Agreement with Elsevier

HSLS and ULS have signed an open access publishing agreement with Elsevier, a major international publisher of books and journals across most disciplines, and the biggest publisher for Pitt authors, with nearly 1,500 articles per year.

This agreement allows the Pitt community to read and publish open in over 800 hybrid journals without incurring APC charges, as well as a selection of Cell Press titles at a 10% discount. 

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Summer R/Python Office Hours

Are you facing challenges with R or Python? Do you have urgent questions or simply need guidance on your data analysis? HSLS MolBio is offers office hours for exactly these purposes every Thursday! These sessions are not structured as a workshop and do not include a lecture.

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Summer ‘All of Us’ Office Hours

All of Us office hours are for people with general questions about the All of Us Research Program* database or more pointed questions about their analysis. These sessions are held on alternating Fridays and are open to all Pitt or UPMC affiliates.

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Summer MBIS Class Schedule

This season’s lineup offers a diverse range of contemporary bioinformatics topics, an introductory class on using the All of Us Researcher Workbench, and two intensive bootcamps focusing on R and Python. When you register, you will receive links to workshop materials.

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Open Access Publishing through Wiley Author Services

The Health Sciences Library System and University Library System have signed a transformative (read and publish) agreement with Wiley, a major international publisher of books and journals across most disciplines, and the second biggest publisher for Pitt authors (after Elsevier), with over 800 articles per year.

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Webinar: Accelerate Target Discovery with Illumina’s Correlation Engine

Research scientists are challenged by the need to put their private omics data into biological context with public data. This analysis requires time-consuming literature-based searches and manual comparison with open-source datasets of variable quality. Illumina’s Correlation Engine is an interactive omics knowledgebase that puts private data in biological context with highly curated public data in a comprehensive and easy to use platform.

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