UPSC technical seminar (UPSCtech)

The speaker will be Laura Morales who will talk about:

Getting started with R: preparing, analyzing, and visualizing data (part 2)

This is the follow-up of the first part presented last week.

Would you like to analyze your data with R, but don’t know where to start? Do you consider yourself a beginner in R scripting or have you never used R at all? Would you like to make the transition from Excel to R in order to generate reproducible results and figures?

In this episode of the UPSC Technical Seminar series, Laura will take you through your first steps in (1) preparing your data for use in R, with examples in Excel; (2) loading your data files into R from Excel and other common formats; and (3) writing basic R functions for data analysis (e.g. t-tests, ANOVA, regression) and plotting. All exercises will be done live and you are welcome to bring your laptop if you would like to follow along (install R and RStudio beforehand) or if you would like one-on-one help with your own data.

The UPSCtech seminar series is an internal series organised by PhD students and Postdocs at UPSC to exchange knowledge about different methods and techniques used in plant science.

Contacts: Lucija Lisica (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Laura García Romañach (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Seminar series "Outside of Academia"

Title: Job Interview Workshop

Speaker: Yunchen Sun (Grow Internationals)

Are you curious about the job interview process and how to handle it? Then, join the workshop by Yunchen Sun from Grow Internationals.

In this workshop, we will cover an overview of the interview process and strategies for managing it, including salary negotiation. We’ll also look at how to effectively communicate transferable skills as part of personal branding, particularly for academics transitioning to industry. In addition, we’ll have a practical session on how to prepare for common (e.g. tell me about yourself), uncommon (e.g. If you would be a brick in the wall, what kind of brick would you be?), and inappropriate (e.g. do you plan to have a family within the next 5 years?) interview questions.

As there are limited spots, please register at the latest on 14.04.2025 using the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOuRih0SYgBRUyIWQQYwHH60hBiTdpKXY4NenkbZApgt1EkA/viewform

Your participation will be confirmed via email.

Contact:

For questions, please contact the organisers Laura Tünnermann (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Tinkara Bizjak (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).