Unix Shell – Center for Computational Genomics and Data Science

CGDS & U-BDS Co-Host July 2025 Software Carpentry Python Workshop at UAB

On July 9–10, 2025, CGDS and U-BDS co-hosted a Software Carpentry Python Workshop at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The event welcomed over 40 students and staff from diverse disciplines to build core programming skills vital for computational and data-intensive research.

The two-day hands-on training covered the Unix shell, Python programming, and version control with Git. Participants worked through structured lessons designed to support reproducibility and best practices in scientific computing.

Instructors: Angelina Uno-Antonison, Austyn Trull, Brandon Wilk, Shaurita D. Hutchins

Helpers: James Scherer, Manavalan Gajapathy, Rabab Fatima

To learn more or review workshop materials, visit the full site at: https://u-bds.github.io/2025-07-09-uab/

CGDS and U-BDS Host R-Focused Carpentry Workshop

UAB’s CGDS and the U-BDS (Biological Data Science Core) held a Software Carpentry Workshop on December 14-15, 2023, to teach researchers computational skills. Instructors Manavalan Gajapathy, Austyn Trull, Bharat Mishra, Shaurita D. Hutchins, and Samuel Bharti, with the help of Santhosh Karthikeyan, Nilesh Kumar, Tarun Mamidi, and Yuwei Song, led sessions on the Unix Shell, version control with Git, and R and RStudio. The workshop included hands-on exercises and covered topics like data frame manipulation with dplyr and creating graphics with ggplot2. The event was designed to enhance participants’ technical skills and encourage using computational methods in research.

Learn more about the workshop at: https://u-bds.github.io/2023-12-14-uab/.