| Date | Lecture Title | Main Learning Objective | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 05/12/2025 | Course Overview & Environment Preparation | Introduce the course and install R, RStudio, and other required software. |
| 2. | 05/19/2025 | R Project Setup and Introduction to R Packages | Create an R Project in RStudio for reproducible data analysis and learn about R packages. |
| 3. | 06/02/2025 | Basic Data Analysis Workflows in R | Understand and practice main steps required to analyze data in R. |
| 4. | 06/09/2025 | Biological Data Visualization | Plot biological data using the ggpubr and ggplot2 R packages. |
| 5. | 06/23/2025 | Gene Expression Data & Annotations | Perform basic expression data normalization and annotation using Biomart. |
| 6. | 06/30/2025 | Differential Gene Expression Analysis | Learn how to perform differential gene expression (DGE) analysis with DESeq2. |
| 7. | 07/07/2025 | Gene Pathway Enrichment Analysis | Conduct gene pathway enrichment analysis using the fgsea package. |
| 8. | 07/14/2025 | Basics of Single Cell RNA-seq Data Analysis | Practice the basic scRNA-seq workflow using Seurat v5. |
Bioinformatics Courses for Everyone!
All YCU Students, Faculty & External Participants are Welcome to Join our Courses!
Practical Bioinformatics
- Hands-on Data Analysis in R/RStudio
- Developed by YCU Bioinformatics Laboratory
- Also available on-demand!
Current Trends in Bioinformatics
- Exciting Developments in Computational Research
- Invited Industry and Academic Research Experts
- Open to All Seminar & Lectures!
Join and learn with us!
1. Practical Bioinformatics Course in R/RStudio
FY2025 Course: May - July, 2025 | on-demand: until March 2026!
Lecture Schedule
Zoom/Live Lectures on Monday @16:10-17:40JST
Course Registration:
Closed. Please ckeck again in March 2026.
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2. Current Trends in Bioinformatics Course
FY2025 Course: October - December, 2025
Lecture Schedule
Zoom lectures on Monday @16:10-17:40JST
| Date | Lecturer | Lecture Title (Language) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10/06/2025 | J RAMILOWSKI & S MAEZONO (YCU BI Lab) | The New Era of Digital Biology and Its Impact on Biological and Medical Research (ENG) |
| 2. | 10/20/2025 | Takahiro SUZUKI (RIKEN IMS) | Introduction & Advances in the NGS and OMICS Data Analysis (JP) |
| 3. | 10/27/2025 | Takeya KASUKAWA (RIKEN IMS) | Use of Public Resources for the Omics Studies (JP) |
| 4. | 11/10/2025 | Charles PLESSY (OIST) | Automation, Containerisation and Pipelinisation for Bioinformatics Data Analysis Workflows (ENG) |
| 5. | 11/17/2025 | D TANG & JK VILLA (KOTAI Biotech. Inc.) | Single cell and Spatial Transcriptomics (ENG) |
| 6. | 12/01/2025 | Shiori ARII (AI Medical Service Inc.) | An AI-aided Computer System in Endoscopic Image Analysis (JP) |
| 7. | 12/08/2025 | Jun SESE (Humanome Lab Inc.) | Redefining health through live-monitoring data: biometric measurements and data analysis with digital devices (JP) |
| 8. | 12/15/2025 | Sayuri SHIMIZU (YCU DHS) | Application of Machine Learning to Healthcare (JP) |
Course Registration:
from August 2025
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3. Practical Bioinformatics: Special Single-Cell Course
FY2025 Course: Jan - Feb, 2026 | on-demand: until July, 2026!
Lecture Schedule
Please check for details later