Events

Attend our upcoming events and access resources from previous events.

We host regular workshops, seminars, and social events throughout the academic year.

A light lunch is always served at Code, Chat, & Collab.

Upcoming Events

Event Name Date Time Mode Location Zoom Calendar Resource
scTalk One Dataset, Two Stories: How Seurat and Scanpy Change scRNA-seq Biology June 9, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 Article
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD June 16, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Seminar Career Seminar June 23, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD June 30, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 7, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 14, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 21, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 28, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD August 4, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD August 11, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD August 18, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD August 25, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A

Previous Events

Event Name Date Time Mode Location Slides Recording
Code, Chat, & Collab Utilizing the Molecular Signatures Database (MSigDB) June 2, 2026 12 PM Hybrid ALGEN 401 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab rclone May 27, 2026 12 PM In-person ALGEN 401 N/A N/A
Seminar Agentic Coding Systems (Codex/Claude Code) by Dr. Ryan Melvin May 22, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD May 13, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Single-cell Notebook Discussion May 6, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
scTalk CellChat April 29, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab R Packages April 22, 2026 12 PM In-person ALGEN 401 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Creating Macros in ImageJ April 15, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
scTalk TBD April 8, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Alpha and Beta Diversity April 1, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab nf-core March 25, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Seminar Microbiomics Seminar March 18, 2026 12 PM In-person TBD N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Postponed March 11, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Seminar Dr. Lara Ianov March 4, 2026 12 PM In-person TBD N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Intro to Snakemake February 25, 2026 12 PM In-person TBD N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab scTalk 3 February 18, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Rescheduled February 11, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Utilizing the CAZY Database for Metagenomics Analysis February 4, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Cancelled January 28, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Metacell Aggregation for Differential Transcript Expression in Single-cell RNAseq Data January 21, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Intro to Conda Environments January 14, 2026 12 PM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Journal Club Edition: Single-cell RNA-seq November 25, 2025 12 PM In-person MCLM 102 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Accessing GEO Datasets w/ Geo2R November 18, 2025 12 PM In-person MCLM 102 N/A N/A
Code, Coffee, & Cheaha Getting Started with Cheaha December 9, 2025 12 PM In-person Kaul/Finley 270
Seminar Developing Practical AI Tools at UAB November 11, 2025 3 PM In-person BBRB 170 N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Responsible Use of LLMs/AI in Literature Reviews November 4, 2025 12 PM In-person MCLM 102
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 22, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Why Gene Names Matter (and Why They Break Code) July 15, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 8, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab TBD July 1, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Intro to Streamlit - Build a Web App in 30 Minutes June 24, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Seminar Eleven Quick Tips for Handling Tabular Data by Marla Hertz June 10, 2025 12 PM In-person BBRB 170 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab From Differential Expression to Biological Insight June 3, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Canceled May 27, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab An Introduction to ggpubr for Scientists Who Want Better Plots May 20, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Long-read Sequencing - Introduction to Tools and Strategies to Implement May 13, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab RMarkdown for Research Reports May 6, 2025 11 AM In-person BBRB 263 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Machine Learning in Genomic Variant Interpretation Dec 13, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Machine Learning Applications in Bioinformatics Dec 6, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Monthly Seminar Applying predictive informatics approach in the ER environment by Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Dec 4, 2024 12pm - 1pm Hybrid TBD N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Learning variant call format (VCF) and filtering/accessing information from it Nov 22, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Introduction to OMIM and HPO Nov 15, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab gnomAD comprehensive overview Nov 8, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Explained Nov 1, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Common bioinformatics data format explanation (FASTA, GFF, BED, FASTQ, BAM, VCF) Oct 25, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Visualizing biological data through the UCSC genome browser Oct 18, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Creating a ChatBot Oct 11, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Introduction to RShiny Apps Oct 4, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Best tools for reproducibility in Python Sep 27, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Best tools for reproducibility in R Sep 20, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Automating Workflows/Workflow Management Sep 13, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Best practices for project management Aug 30, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Intro Aug 23, 2024 12pm - 1pm In-person BBRB 258 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Nov 17, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Nov 17, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Student Informatics Presentation UX Research Article Analysis: A Human-Centered Designed Outreach Strategy for a Youth Contraception Navigator Program Nov 16, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person BBRB256A N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Useful Bioinfomatics Scripts Nov 10, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab The Unix command line Nov 3, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Halloween Triva Night Oct 29, 2023 5:30 PM In-person Uproot Brewing Co. N/A N/A
Data Dialogues Navigating Through Single Cell Transcriptomics Analyses Oct 27, 2023 2pm - 3pm Hybrid Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Tutorial on Using Biological Data with Large Language Models Oct 20, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Student Informatics Presentation Unlocking the Secrets of Biological Data with LLMs Oct 19, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person BBRB256A N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Hacktoberfest Oct 13, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A
Code, Chat, & Collab Getting Started with RMarkdown Oct 6, 2023 2pm - 3pm In-person Shelby 105 N/A N/A