Aroge007 - Bioinformatics Pathway

Week 3 Reflection

Technical Area:

I have been continuing to work and learn more about R and Python and trying to work out my technical issues. I have also learned more about the project and principal components.

Tools: I have learned more about what R has to offer and the different packages that are available. I use the STEM-Away website, Slack, Asana, R, R studio, Anaconda and more.

Soft Skills: I love working with Team 8. We have great communication and get our activities done on time. We finished the deliverables and presented together with Team 3 in a combined presentation.

Three Achievements:

  1. I was able to connect with the leads to figure out my technical problems.

  2. I was able to present with my group and contribute to the project.

  3. I gained a better understanding of heat maps and how to easily indicate outliers.

List of events attended: All Gene Team Meetings, Technical Training Webinar, Asana Training, Python Training #3, STEM-Away Happy Hour

Goals For the Upcoming Week:

  • Better understanding of R and the different packages available
  • Better understand the limma package
  • Better understanding of all week 4 deliverables

Week 4

Technical Area:

  • I learned how to identify an outlier in a dataset
  • Learned about limma package

Tools:

  • STEM-Away platform
  • Asana
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Limma package
  • GEOquery
  • pheatmap

Soft Skills:

  • Reaching out and communicating with team members
  • Reaching out to leads for help during office hours
  • Comfortable speaking during meetings

Three Achievements:

  • Learned methods of how to create a volcano plot
  • Better understanding of overall project
  • Learned more about gene differential expression

List of recent events attended:

  • GeneTeam Meetings
  • Microarray
  • R Office Hours
  • Python Training #4
  • Fireside Chat
  • GitHub Training
  • Intro to Bioinformatics
  • R Training
  • Happy Hour

Goals For the Upcoming Week:

  • Better understanding of R
  • Better understanding of project

Final Reflection

Technical Area:

  • Learned about R
  • Learned about Python
  • Learned about different packages in R
  • I learned how to identify an outlier in a dataset
  • Learned about limma package
  • Learned methods of how to create a volcano plot

Tools:

  • R
  • R Studio
  • Python
  • Anaconda
  • STEM-Away platform
  • Asana
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Limma package
  • GEOquery
  • pheatmap

Soft Skills:

  • Reaching out and communicating with team members
  • Reaching out to leads for help during office hours
  • Comfortable speaking during meetings
  • Comfortable presenting

Three Achievements:

  • I gained a better understanding of R and Python
  • I gained a better understanding of overall project
  • Learned more about gene differential expression

List of recent events attended:

  • GeneTeam Meeting
  • Python Training #5
  • Fireside Chat
  • GitHub Wedbinar #2

Goals For the Upcoming Weeks:

  • Continued understanding of R and Python