<p>Have you always wanted to learn R but never had the chance to do it by yourself? You learned R a long time ago and want to refresh your knowledge? You have some general idea of what is R and how to use some commands but want to have a solid base? This meetup is for all of you!</p> <p>If you are already an R guru, our fast talk might interest you: version control with git and RStudio. Because you are not programming unless you git!</p> <p>PROGRAM<br/>19:00 -- Welcome and presentations</p> <p>19:10 -- "Version control with git and RStudio", by Maria Noguera (@maria__noguera).<br/>Version control is a vital part of the programming and scripting process. Learn how to do it painlessly with git's integration in Rstudio!</p> <p>19:20 --" Introduction to R programming", by Natalia Vilor-Tejedor (@natvilortejedor).<br/>We will provide very basic training in preliminary concepts of R programming. R is an open source statistical programming environment that will always be free. It is supported by a worldwide community of statisticians, and generally incorporates the latest developments in statistical methodology. With the knowledge gained in this R-Ladies workshop, you will be ready to undertake your first data analysis. ​ Ready to join this amazing community?</p> <p>MARIA NOGUERA<br/>Maria Noguera is a Nanoscientist and Nanotechnologist (UAB) with a MSc in Omics Data Analysis (UVIC-UCC). She works as an editor at MDPI - Open Access (Multidisciplinarity Digital Publishing Institute). Besides, she collaborates at The Scientists Dating Forum (@SciDating) and Pint of science Barcelona (#Pint19BCN).</p> <p>NATALIA VILOR-TEJEDOR<br/>Natalia Vilor-Tejedor is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center (BBRC). Moreover, Natalia collaborates in teaching activities as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and in the Department of Systems Biology at the University of Vic (UVIC-UCC). She conducted her PhD thesis in the Biomedicine program of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) at the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal). Her main interests include statistical methods and analytical strategies in Neurogenetics and Imaging Genetics.</p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nat%C3%A0lia-vilor-tejedor-47aa0a66/" class="linkified">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nat%C3%A0lia-vilor-tejedor-47aa0a66/</a></p> <p>REQUIREMENTS<br/>You will need to bring:<br/>- Your own laptop (remember to charge your battery before coming, there are not enough plugs in the room for everyone!).<br/>- R and RStudio installed (<a href="https://cran.r-project.org/" class="linkified">https://cran.r-project.org/</a> and <a href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/" class="linkified">https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/</a>).<br/>- You can install git in your laptop, but it's not mandatory!</p> <p>Hope to see you all there!</p>