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SUMMARY:Querying Databases for Research: A Hands-On Introduction to SQL
DESCRIPTION:Learn how databases organize information and how SQL can help you answer questions about your data. In this hands-on workshop\, you’ll practice finding\, filtering\, sorting\, summarizing\, and combining data across tables. Designed for beginners; no programming experience is required.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/querying-databases-for-research-a-hands-on-introduction-to-sql/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T120000
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: Python Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn basic coding\, data access and data analysis functions using Jupyter Notebook. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-python-part-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T120000
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: R Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn basic coding\, data access\, and data analysis using R and RStudio. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-r-part-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260909T151231Z
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: R Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Learn basic coding\, data access\, and data analysis using R and RStudio. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-r-part-1/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260909T151229Z
CREATED:20260909T151229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T151229Z
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: Python Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Learn basic coding\, data access and data analysis functions using Jupyter Notebook. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-python-part-1/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260911T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260911T120000
DTSTAMP:20260909T151228Z
CREATED:20260909T151228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T151228Z
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: Data Cleaning with OpenRefine
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is free and participants can register for individual session topics or the entire series. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-data-cleaning-with-openrefine/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T120000
DTSTAMP:20260909T151228Z
CREATED:20260909T151228Z
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: Version Control with Git
DESCRIPTION:Manage work\, edit code\, and collaborate on a team project in a repository. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-version-control-with-git/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260909T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260909T110000
DTSTAMP:20260810T194110Z
CREATED:20260810T194110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T194110Z
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SUMMARY:XRI Design Speaker Series talk: "UX for XR" with Cornel Hillmann
DESCRIPTION:The XRI Design Subcommittee is thrilled to welcome XR designer\, producer\, and author Cornel Hillmann for a special Design Speaker series talk on UX for XR\, as he examines the latest trends shaping XR and the future of experience design. \nDiscussing the new edition of his book UX for XR\, Cornel will explore how recent advances in mixed reality and AI are transforming the XR industry\, how the design thinking process is evolving\, and what these changes mean for designers creating immersive experiences. \nAbout the Speaker:\nCornel Hillmann specializes in user experience design for immersive technologies\, with a focus that includes visual communication\, interactive media\, 3D design\, and XR. Originally from Bremen\, Germany\, Cornel has enjoyed a professional life working in a range of distinctive locations\, especially including Los Angeles and Singapore. \nCornel is the author of the newly updated second edition of his UX for XR\, a practical guide to designing for extended reality that explores mixed reality\, spatial computing\, AI-assisted design\, WebXR\, and emerging immersive technologies. Through his consulting\, writing\, and workshops\, he helps designers and organizations navigate the evolving landscape of XR and experience design.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/xri-design-speaker-series-talk-ux-for-xr-with-cornel-hillmann/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live,Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260909T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260909T120000
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: Command Line & Unix Shell
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of command line interface and navigating within files and directories. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-command-line-unix-shell/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260908T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260908T120000
DTSTAMP:20260909T151226Z
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SUMMARY:UC Carpentries: Tidy Data
DESCRIPTION:Clean\, transform\, and track changes to data. \nThis workshop is free\, and participants can register for individual topics or the entire series. View the complete schedule and register at https://www.tim-dennis.com/2026-09-08-uc-carpentries/
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-carpentries-tidy-data/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T170000
DTSTAMP:20260808T195157Z
CREATED:20260724T172152Z
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SUMMARY:Sriram Sankararaman\, Professor of Computer Science\, Human Genetics and Computational Medicine – UCLA
DESCRIPTION:“Insights into the evolutionary and genetic architecture of human complex traits from biobank-scale data” \nThe quest to understand the interplay between evolution\, genes and traits has  been revolutionized by the collection of rich phenotypic and genetic data across millions of individuals in diverse populations.  However analyses of these Biobank-scale datasets present substantial statistical and computational challenges. I will present new statistical and computational techniques that aim to provide a deeper understanding of the role of archaic admixture in human evolution and the genetic architecture of complex traits. While multiple instances of interbreeding between modern and archaic humans (Neanderthals and Denisovans) have been documented\, our understanding of the structure and functional impact of archaic introgression remains limited. I will discuss how we combine maps of introgressed archaic DNA with biobank-scale data to assess the contribution of introgressed alleles to complex traits. In the second part of my talk\, I will describe our efforts to understand the genetic architecture underlying complex traits. Our current picture of genetic architecture is largely one of additive models due\, in part\, to the computational challenges involved in fitting even the simplest models at scale. I will describe a new class of algorithms that can learn non-additive(context-dependent) models of genetic architecture while scaling to biobanks with millions of individuals. By applying these methods to data from the UK Biobank\, we obtain novel insights into the contributions of additive\, dominance\, gene-environment\, and gene-gene interaction effects to complex trait variation.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/sriram-sankararaman-professor-of-computer-science-human-genetics-and-computational-medicine-ucla/
LOCATION:Boyer Hall 159
CATEGORIES:QCBio Seminar Series,Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260731T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260731T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T195144Z
CREATED:20260724T172152Z
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SUMMARY:Aaron Meyer\, Associate Professor\, Department of Bioengineering – UCLA
DESCRIPTION:“Building an Integrative View of Immunity with Data Tensors” \nHigh-throughput technologies now allow us to characterize immune responses with comprehensive scale and detail. While profiling cells across parameters like time\, perturbations\, and genetics yields rich data\, these multidimensional datasets challenge conventional analysis. Standard workflows typically flatten data into two-dimensional matrices\, sacrificing the essential context provided by the experimental structure. Instead\, I will show how tensor decompositions can preserve the structure of multidimensional studies. Choosing the right mathematical representation allows us to derive robust insights—from utilizing in vitro characterization to optimize engineered cytokines\, to identifying single-cell features that define autoimmunity. Furthermore\, these approaches enable integrative analysis that links cellular states to alterations at the tissue\, organ\, and individual scales.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/aaron-meyer-associate-professor-department-of-bioengineering-ucla/
LOCATION:Boyer Hall 159
CATEGORIES:QCBio Seminar Series,Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T170000
DTSTAMP:20260724T193617Z
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SUMMARY:Amy Goldberg\, Associate Professor\, Human Genetics\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:TITLE: “Evolutionary perspectives on malaria” \nPathogen genomics increasingly guides public health decisions\, yet organisms with complex life cycles can produce genealogies that violate assumptions of standard population genetic methods. Similarly\, despite decades of population-genetic methods to infer population or adaptive histories in humans\, allele frequencies are often modeled to be roughly constant on short timescales relevant for public health. Here I discuss computational methods to leverage the growing amounts of genomic data from both host and pathogen perspectives. In particular\, I consider genomic evolution on ecologically and epidemiologically relevant timescales\, with implications for public health and basic biology.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/amy-goldberg-associate-professor-human-genetics-ucla/
LOCATION:Boyer Hall 159
CATEGORIES:QCBio Seminar Series,Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T170000
DTSTAMP:20260717T193215Z
CREATED:20260713T170243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260717T193215Z
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SUMMARY:Neil Lin Assistant Professor\,  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  –  UCL
DESCRIPTION:“Unraveling Signaling Pathway Crosstalk Using LLMs” \nLiving cells do not process information through isolated\, linear pathways. Instead\, they rely on an intricate network of signaling crosstalk to make critical fate decisions. Deciphering this hidden cellular conversation remains one of the greatest challenges in targeted oncology and regenerative medicine. Yet traditional mechanistic models struggle to capture its complexity\, while the scale of modern single-cell datasets exceeds what can be analyzed manually. My lab asks a simple question: Can large language models\, designed to understand human language\, be repurposed to decode the language of cellular signaling? In this talk\, I will describe our efforts to develop LLMs as specialized\, locally deployed biological reasoning engines. By grounding these models in both the biomedical literature and high-dimensional single-cell data\, we show how they can identify key regulatory nodes where signaling pathways converge. Finally\, I will discuss how integrating biological knowledge with empirical data enables prediction of nonlinear cellular responses\, providing a scalable\, mechanistically informed framework for discovering novel therapeutic combinations.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/neil-lin-assistant-professor-mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering-ucl/
LOCATION:Boyer Hall 159
CATEGORIES:QCBio Seminar Series,Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260702T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260702T110000
DTSTAMP:20260624T155453Z
CREATED:20260624T155415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T155453Z
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SUMMARY:UC OSPO All-Campus Virtual Meetup
DESCRIPTION:A monthly gathering for the UC open source community. Each meetup is co-hosted by a different campus in the network\, with the hosting campus setting the agenda for the first half (demos\, workshops\, guest speakers\, whatever they want to share)\, and the second half an open community call for network updates\, project sharing\, and Q&A. \nThis month (July 2) \nUC Davis hosts with a focus on POSE—the NSF program for building open source ecosystems—and its evolution into PESOSE. We’ll look at how the program is structured\, what’s changed in how proposals are evaluated\, and what that means for UC researchers thinking about applying\, plus hear from researchers who’ve won these awards about what they’ve built. Speakers to be announced! \nAll roles—students\, faculty\, staff\, researchers—and experience levels are welcome!
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/uc-ospo-all-campus-virtual-meetup/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Research talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T130000
DTSTAMP:20260630T050254Z
CREATED:20260626T043211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T050254Z
UID:10003788-1782820800-1782824400@workshops.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Introduction to Siteimprove Accessibility Software
DESCRIPTION:This training introduces participants to Siteimprove\, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard\, review accessibility issues across their websites\, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove\, helping participants understand which fixes have the greatest impact.
URL:https://workshops.ucla.edu/workshop/introduction-to-siteimprove-accessibility-software-8/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training workshop / Tutorial
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