materials.Rmd

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```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
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### Topic 1

**[Recordings from another undergraduate seminar series on computational biology](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV8dyTG7O7VaAdUsW791_yOxE51aFHCmY)**

#### Learning R
Courses: BIO104, BIO 263X (F 19), BIO 230 (Sp 20), STA 305, BIO 439 (Sp)  
[Datacamp](https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r)  
[Self-guided tutorial with Data Carpentry](https://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/)  
Hands-on 2-day intensive Data Carpentry Workshops are held prior to each semester

### Week 2 Lecture Resources

#### General Resources  

TED-Ed Talk on Diatoms  
[The Secret Life of Plankton](https://www.ted.com/talks/the_secret_life_of_plankton/transcript?language=en)  

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Image Gallery  
[NCCOS Image Gallery](https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/research/stressor-impacts-mitigation/pmn/image-gallery/)  

#### Application of Diatom Biology Research  
[Biologists Find Diatom To Reduce Red Tide's Toxicity](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820163241.htm)  
[Lake Baikal: how climate change is threatening the world’s oldest, deepest lake](https://theconversation.com/lake-baikal-how-climate-change-is-threatening-the-worlds-oldest-deepest-lake-109389)  

#### Local Rhody Press Coverage  
[Shellfish harvesting closure continues in RI, MA](https://turnto10.com/news/local/shellfish-harvesting-closure-continues-in-ri-ma)  
[Mysterious toxic algae that shut down RI shellfishing last fall is back](https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170303/mysterious-toxic-algae-that-shut-down-ri-shellfishing-last-fall-is-back)  

### Week 4 Lecture Resources
[Link to Presentation Slides](https://BobLiterman.github.io/bio260X_spring19/Slides/Erin_Roberts_Slides.pdf)  
[URI researcher: Oyster aquaculture limits disease in wild oyster populations](https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/charlestown/uri-researcher-oyster-aquaculture-limits-disease-in-wild-oyster-populations/article_6d77959e-07b3-11e9-98cf-53f4ac62e0ed.html)  
[Wikipedia: Transcriptome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcriptome)  

### Week 6 Lecture Resources
[Link to Presentation Slides](https://BobLiterman.github.io/bio260X_spring19/Slides/Christina_Hernandez_Slides.pdf)  
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