The Bioconductor Training Committee

The Bioconductor Training Committee is a collaborative effort to consolidate Bioconductor-focused training material and build a global community of instructors. We define curricula and develop lessons for both beginner and more advanced R users who want to analyse their data with Bioconductor packages.

The committee reports to the Bioconductor Community Advisory Board and is currently chaired by Charlotte Soneson and Laurent Gatto.

There's no formal joining process and no minimum commitment required - simply attend one of our monthly meetings (announced on the Google group below) or join the conversation to become part of the community.

• Monthly meeting link
• Rolling agenda & notes (Google Doc)
• Google group (announcements & reminders)
• Bioconductor Chat: #education-and-training channel

Publications

Learning and teaching biological data science in the Bioconductor community
Drnevich, Tan et al. (2025)
Published in PLOS Computational Biology

👉 Read the full paper

Training Modules

Bioconductor Carpentry lessons developed by the training committee are organised into modules, each designed for specific audiences and skill levels.

• bioc-intro An introduction to R, RStudio, data cleaning, management, analysis, and visualisation, based on the Carpentries Ecology curriculum. No prior experience required. Includes introductory Bioconductor concepts.

• bioc-rnaseq Bulk RNA-seq analysis and interpretation with Bioconductor packages. Requires good familiarity with R and Bioconductor.

• bioc-scrnaseq Single-cell RNA-seq analysis with Bioconductor, covering QC, cell type annotation, multi-sample workflows, large datasets, and integration with public data. Requires R/Bioconductor familiarity; bulk RNA-seq experience helpful but optional.

• bioc-project An overview of the Bioconductor project: website, packages, landing pages, vignettes, workflows, release cycles, and infrastructure. Designed to be combined with other modules during workshops.

New lessons

Interested in contributing a new lesson or adapting a Carpentry-style module? We’d be happy to discuss ideas, lesson design, long-term maintenance, dissemination, or any support you may need.

• Contact us via Bioconductor Chat
• View our contributor documentation: Lesson Design & Maintenance Guidelines

Notes and meetings

• Governance document
• Community discussions: education-and-training channel on Bioconductor Chat.
• Google group: low-traffic, used for monthly meeting reminders

Events

Explore upcoming and past Bioconductor workshops on our workshops and events pages.

Contact

If you’re interested in joining, contributing, or simply learning more, please contact us via:

• The #education-and-training channel, or committee co-chairs on Bioconductor Chat or by email
• Or drop into one of our monthly meetings

We look forward to welcoming you into the Bioconductor training community!