# Tony Albini- Bioinformatics Self-Assessments

**URL:** <https://stemaway.com/t/tony-albini-bioinformatics-self-assessments/8151>\
**Category:** Self-Assessments (uncategorized)\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/tony-albini-bioinformatics-self-assessments/8151 "2021-06-14T13:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aalbini](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/afd275/32.png) [@aalbini](https://stemaway.com/u/aalbini)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/tony-albini-bioinformatics-self-assessments/8151/1 "2021-06-14T13:51:55Z")

</div>

Self Assessment Topic

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aalbini](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/afd275/32.png) [@aalbini](https://stemaway.com/u/aalbini)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/tony-albini-bioinformatics-self-assessments/8151/2 "2021-06-14T13:52:18Z")

</div>

Technical:

- Read, summarize, and analytically think about a bioinformatics research paper
- Learn R fundamentals
- Learn Shiny App Fundamentals

Tools:

- STEM Away Platform
- RStudio

Soft Skills:

- Time managment

Achievement Highlights:

- Refreshing myself on how to code in R
- Building familiarity with ggplot2 and Bioconductor
- Learning how to use Shiny App
- Learn the basics of the bioinformatics pipeline we will be implementing

Difficulties Faced:

- Finding all the necessary pages on STEM-Away took some time to figure out.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aalbini](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/afd275/32.png) [@aalbini](https://stemaway.com/u/aalbini)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/tony-albini-bioinformatics-self-assessments/8151/3 "2021-06-21T12:15:37Z")

</div>

Technical:

- Explore and become comfortable with GEO database
- Become more familiar with pipeline
- Regain familiarity with GitHub

Tools:

- GEO Database
- WinRAR
- GitHub

Soft Skills:

- Conversed with team about the research paper

Achievement Highlights:

- Begin to implement pipeline
- Download expression data

Difficulties Faced:

- It was challenging to learn how to correctly unzip and download the datasets from GEO