This 2-part (6/10/24 & 6/12/24) 5-hour course will be offered via Zoom, over two mornings. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.
In this course, participants will learn how to keep track of the code they use in their research using the version control system Git and the collaboration platform GitHub. Git allows you to keep track of changes to your code, easily revert to previous versions, and “tag” versions of code used in publications so that the exact code used can be retrieved at a later date. GitHub allows Git users to collaborate with each other on projects by managing simultaneous changes to the same files and allowing users to review and discuss each others’ code. Git and Github are applicable to any text-based programming or analysis language, including R, Python, Stata, Julia, and others.
Participants should create a github account at github.com and install git prior to the class. Windows users can download git at https://git-scm.com/download/win; there are multiple installation options, the first link is fine. Mac users can install git by opening the terminal application (in Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and typing “git version” (no quotes) and pressing enter. If git is not installed, you will be prompted to install it.
Mathula Thangarajh, MD, PhD, FAAN, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University, joins us to discuss the cognitive phenotype of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and summarize innovative methods to characterize the neurobiology of executive function deficits in DMD. Thangarajh has an Institutional KL2 Career Development Award funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science.
The CTSA Virtual Visiting Scholar Program brings clinical and translational scholars from across the CTSA Consortium to NC TraCS Institute for research seminars and virtual campus visits.