In 2013, CCBB began sponsoring training programs and peer-led working groups to meet the growing need for computational and bioinformatics skills. These events are geared towards graduate students, postdocs, and faculty who are just starting new research projects that will involve programming and statistics but who have little or no background in the area. The working groups provide informal weekly sessions that facilitate the transfer and sharing of knowledge, while short courses provide and in depth view of a topic during one morning or afternoon.
While some of the courses are taught by our bioinformatic consultants, we try to draw from an ever-growing community of experts to teach introductory courses and lead the working groups. For the Fall 2015 semester, we have an excellent line up of Peer Mentors that are excited about empowering you with new tools that will further your research.
Anna Battenhouse
Anna Battenhouse is a DevOps Specialist for the Center for Biomedical Research Support. Anna has co-taught numerous short courses and in the Big Data in Biology Summer School.: abattenhouse[at]utexas.edu
James Derry
James Derry is a Senior Systems Administrator for the College of Natural Sciences. James has been teaching Python for Biologist and a microcontroller course for the past three years.
: jderry[at]austin.utexas.edu
: CNS Profile
Groves Dixon
Groves Dixon is a post-doc in Dr. Mark Kirkpatrick's lab. Groves has been a TA for RNA-seq workshops and was the TA for the undergraduate Big Data in Biology FRI Stream. He also teaches Fall 2017's Intro to RAD-Seq short course.
: grovesdixon[at]gmail.com
Spencer Fox
Spencer Fox is a graduate student in Dr. Lauren Meyers' lab. Spencer co-organizes of the Peer-led Data Analysis in R working group that meets during the Fall semesters.
: spencer.fox85[at]gmail.com
: website
Ben Jack
Benjamin Jack is a graduate student in Dr. Claus Wilke's lab. Ben assists with the Open Coding Hour that meets each Tuesday from 4-5 pm in the MBB library.
: benjamin.r.jack[at]gmail.com
: website
Sean Leonard
Sean Leonard is co-advised by Dr. Nancy Moran and Dr. Jeff Barrick. Sean assists with the Open Coding Hour and has been a teaching assistant for multiple short courses and the BDiB Summer School.