Reproducibility and NIH Data Sharing Workshops
We are excited to announce three short-form workshops we are adding on to DaSL Training: Season 1. Come join us for a series of workshops on Tuesday October 10th. All events will be held in-person and registration is open to anyone with a Fred Hutch email address.
- Intro to Reproducibility and GitHub (9:30am - 11:00am PT)
- Using GitHub as an Automation Tool for Code (11:00am - 12:30pm PT)
- Data Management & Sharing Plans for NIH Proposals (1:30pm - 3:00pm PT)
Workshops are interactive and include hands-on activities pertinent to the topic. Workshops will take place in the Arnold building (location pending depending on how many people register). Please bring your laptops and be prepared to participate!
Please note that we will cap each workshop to the first 30 people who sign up.
Workshops:
Workshop 1: Intro to Reproducibility with GitHub - How to make sure your data, code, and analyses can reliably run, re-run, and be shared to others in the scientific community.
Topics covered:
- What does it mean to be reproducible and why does it matter?
- What is version control and how can it help?
- What is GitHub and how do I file a pull request?
Workshop 2: Using GitHub as an Automation Tool for Code - If you write code for analyses or create scientific software, it can be helpful to automate some of your code development process. For individuals comfortable with Git/GitHub and/or have attended Intro to Reproducibility and GitHub
Topics covered:
- What is continuous integration/continuous deployment and how should we be using it as scientific code developers?
- How to automate things using GitHub Actions
- Build a basic GitHub Action
Workshop 3: Data Management & Sharing Plans for NIH Proposals - Sharing is vital for the scientific community and new mandates are being put in place, but how do we set ourselves up for success at the grant proposal stage to ensure plans are effective, secure, and manageable?
Topics covered:
- Understand how and why you should be thinking about the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy for incoming proposals
- Learn how to frame your NIH proposal and budget to meet the new requirements
- Explore template text and tools that will help make writing your plan more straightforward