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:
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I was able to connect with the leads to figure out my technical problems.
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I was able to present with my group and contribute to the project.
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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