- Biological dataset analysis
- Data cleaning and transformation workflows
- Statistical reasoning in biology
- Data visualization techniques
- Reproducible research practices
Biology has become a data-intensive discipline, requiring researchers to:
- Handle large datasets
- Perform statistical analysis
- Generate clear visual outputs
- Maintain reproducible workflows
- What R is and why it is used in biology
- Installing R and RStudio
- Scripts, objects, and workspace basics
- Biological dataset walkthrough
- Importing biological data formats
- Dataset inspection and structure
- Handling missing values
- Filtering and organizing data
- Tidy data principles
- Reshaping datasets
- Merging experimental data
- Preparing analysis-ready datasets
- Plotting biological data
- Visualizing experimental variation
- Customizing plots
- Interpreting visual outputs
- Descriptive statistics
- Group comparisons
- Understanding variability
- Biological interpretation
- Writing reusable scripts
- Organizing projects
- Reproducibility principles
- Exporting results
RStudio
tidyverse
ggplot2
This beginner-friendly 3-week online course by NanoSchool (NSTC) is specifically designed for biologists, life science students, and researchers with little or no programming background.
Yes, absolutely. This is a true beginners-level course. No prior coding or R experience is needed. It starts with installing R and RStudio and explains every concept using biological examples, making it ideal for UG/PG students, PhD scholars, and working biologists.
After completion, you can confidently handle data analysis in research projects, theses, and publications. It opens doors to roles such as Research Assistant, Data Analyst in Life Sciences, Junior Bioinformatician, and strengthens your profile for higher studies or jobs in biotech, pharma, and academic labs.
You will learn R basics, data structures, importing biological data (CSV, Excel, FASTA), data cleaning and transformation, exploratory data analysis, ggplot2 visualization, basic statistical tests, and creating reproducible reports with RMarkdown.
Unlike general R courses, this one is tailored specifically for biologists. It uses biological examples throughout, focuses on research-relevant tasks (like analyzing lab results or sequencing data), and avoids unnecessary computer science concepts, making it more relevant and easier for life science students.
The course is designed as a 3-week program. With 1.5–2 hours of study per day, most beginners can comfortably finish all modules and the final project.
No. The course is made simple and engaging for biologists. Concepts are taught slowly with plenty of examples from biology, guided code, practice exercises, and biological datasets. Most students with no coding background complete it successfully.
Yes. Upon successful completion of assignments and the final project, you receive an official NSTC e-Certification and e-Marksheet. This certificate is useful for CVs, LinkedIn, and academic records.
Yes. By the end of the course, you will be able to independently import, clean, visualize, and statistically analyze your lab or field data using R, and generate professional reports suitable for theses, papers, or presentations.









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