Genomic Data Science with Galaxy (Coursera)

Genomic Data Science with Galaxy (Coursera)

Learn to use the tools that are available from the Galaxy Project. This is the second course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization.

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction
This week, we will present some of the research challenges that motivated the development of the Galaxy framework. We will then introduce Galaxy, describe what the Galaxy framework is, and look at different ways you can use it.

WEEK 2
Galaxy 101
In this module and the following modules we will start to use Galaxy to perform different types of analysis.

WEEK 3
Working with sequence data
In this module we will be studying sequence data quality control as well as ChIP-Sequence Analysis with MACS.

WEEK 4
RNA-seq & Running your own Galaxy
In these final modules, we'll take a look at working with sequence data and RNA-seq and at installing and running your own Galaxy.

Note: This course is currently not available.

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