# Shreya\_Vora - Bioinformatics (Level 2) Pathway

**URL:** <http://staging.stemaway.com/t/shreya-vora-bioinformatics-level-2-pathway/8143>\
**Category:** R Shiny Transcriptomics App 2021\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 6:06am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/shreya-vora-bioinformatics-level-2-pathway/8143 "2021-06-14T06:06:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Shreya\_Vora](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/shreya_vora/32/3839_2.png) [@Shreya\_Vora](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/Shreya_Vora)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 6:06am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/shreya-vora-bioinformatics-level-2-pathway/8143/1 "2021-06-14T06:06:07Z")

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Technical Area:

- Downloading R and R studio and also the associated packages
- Understanding why R is an important language
- Reading a research article, and learning how to understand the figures in a research paper

Tools:

- 7-zip
- R
- R Studio

Soft Skills:

- Time management
- Communication with my teammates for the journal club.

Hurdles:

- I had a hard time figuring out how to download R and downloading the right version.
- I had a difficult time navigating through the STEM-Away site to really figure out what I had to do. But going into the help sessions really helped

Achievements:

- Downloaded R and R studio
- Read a research paper and did a journal club