"I was particularly impressed with the emphasis on teaching us how to THINK about our analyses, rather than just follow a series of commands. Your focus on anticipating potential sources of error, never blindly trusting that a command or piece of software has done what you think it's done without confirming (as well as teaching us ways to confirm) left us with a skill set that is independent of a particular pipeline, and will serve us well as our interests (and the available software) change. The active exercises were clearly designed extraordinarily carefully and were really effective not just in applying what we'd just learned, but in seeing how you might fall into an analysis/interpretation trap if you are not careful. This really was a mindset/philosophy of analysis training as much as it was practical training, and I value that enormously. Thank you!" Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks, Bucknell University, USA

"I'm pleased to endorse the RNA-seq workshop I attended, which provided essential insights into working with RNA-seq data. Starting with Linux basics and setting up a working environment was particularly helpful for someone like me, without this knowlege before. From the model data that demonstrate splice junctions, I was able to transfer this knowledge to clinical samples and analyze fusion transcripts in my role as a clinical worker. This workshop served as a catalyst for further exploration, enabling me to integrate additional tools into my workflow. Overall, this workshop significantly enhanced my proficiency in genomic data analysis and is highly recommended for anyone looking to gain a solid foundation in RNA-seq analysis." Miroslav Bardelčík, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Czech Republic

"I found this workshop was really useful and great, as it further extends my understanding on how to do the bioinformatics analysis on RNA-seq dataset. The workshop did not only teach you how to code to run the certain pipeline, but it demonstrated basic principles of how the pipeline works. Importantly, I also learned to evaluate my results and compare and contrast different pipeline tools for answering certain biological questions. it is therefore crucial, as for pure biologists, to understand the basic principles and skillsets on how to do the analysis, and in the future, they can adopt certain pipelines for their experimental data analysis. I proofed the Workshop was really useful because I finally managed to do differential expression analysis on my own sequencing data not so long after the workshop is done." Ridzky Anis Advent Yuda, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Germany