Overview: This workshop is designed to provide participants with a basic introduction to the use of the command line with UNIX and how to navigate public databases for RNA-seq data.  Participants will learn the fundamentals of file management, navigation, and inspections as well as how to use the file-transfer protocol to download transcriptomics data from resources such as NCBI GEO.

Pre-requisite: Access to a UNIX-based terminal (WSL for Windows users)

Location: HYBRID. Online via Zoom, or in-person at the Education Building, Room 133

Instructor: Zahra Tavakol – PhD Student, Quantitative Life Sciences Program, McGill University

Facilitator: Arsham Mikaeili – MSc. Candidate, Dept. Human Genetics, McGill University

IMPORTANT NOTE: for those attending the workshop online, you must log-into your McGill Zoom account. Otherwise, the link will not work. You can do so on the browser here: https://mcgill.zoom.us/ . For more information on McGill Zoom, please visit this website: https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/students/learning-resources/use-technology/learning-zoom