Led by Dr. Anne Deslattes Mays (NIH), with Jared Rozowsky (Velsera) and Dr. David Higgins (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), the course held daily sessions with 23 investigators whose experience ranged from beginner to advanced analytical skills. The course focused on creating workflows for genomic data analysis and navigated the world of technical tools and detailed skills, arming researchers with knowledge and skills to alleviate barriers and help facilitate data discovery.
NIH-supported programs, INCLUDE Project and Gabriella Miller Kids First Program jointly supported the Elements of Style - a week-long, virtual course held in March 2023. Led by Dr. Anne Deslattes Mays (NIH), with Jared Rozowsky (Velsera) and Dr. David Higgins (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), the course held daily sessions with 23 investigators whose experience ranged from beginner to advanced analytical skills. The course focused on creating workflows for genomic data analysis and navigated the world of technical tools and detailed skills, arming researchers with knowledge and skills to alleviate barriers and help facilitate data discovery.
Modeled from Strunk and White's Elements of Style and Kernighan's Elements of Programming Style in C, the course began with a comprehensive overview of tools and resources, including the Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource and the INCLUDE Data Hub. Dr. Deslattes Mays showed attendees in real time how to access data and connect it to analysis platforms, such as CAVATICA, Cancer Genome Cloud, or CloudOS. Attendees also learned workflow languages to uplevel their scripts, such as Nextflow, Common Workflow Language, or Workflow Description Language. Participants applied their new coursework knowledge through real time examples, practicing streamlined organization of implementable, reproducible tasks.
Participants enjoyed the workshop and shared positive feedback, finding value in the engagement with other attendees and detailed course materials. Dr. Deslattes Mays provided a high-level of personal attention and hands-on instruction, ensuring flexibility by spending additional time when necessary. All instructors connected with new users in an impactful way, bolstering the next wave of investigators motivated to make breakthrough discoveries in Down syndrome, and pediatric structural birth defects and rare diseases.
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