On Friday, June 3, UAMS hosted two presentations by QIAGEN Digital Insights. This program has been supported by the Vice Chancellors for Research and Innovation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
The morning session focused on introducing a software called CLC Genomics Workbench for bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing analysis. It was delivered live by Araceli Cuellar PhD, a Field Application Scientist from QIAGEN Digital Insights in the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute of Aging. The training was also broadcasted via Zoom. In this training, basic workflow for RNA sequencing, including data preparation, QC, visualization, clustering, and differential expression analyses, was discussed. Twenty-six UAMS members registered this session, and another four registrants were from UA Fayetteville. Fifteen registrants participated the training via Zoom, and one participated in-person.
The afternoon session was designed for new and existing users, who use Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software for biological interpretation of next generation sequencing expression data. This session was also given by Dr. Cuellar using the same format. Topics like data formatting and uploading, running and interpretation were included. A new knowledge and discovery tool, which allows users to explore and compare the similarity of their finding with all publicly available genomics data, was also discussed. A total of thirty-two persons registered this session and three of the registrants were from UA Fayetteville. Twenty-one registrants participated in this session via Zoom.