index.Rmd

---
title: "Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR): Bench to Bytes"
date: "`r format(Sys.time(), '%B, %Y')`"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
documentclass: book
bibliography: [book.bib, packages.bib]
biblio-style: apalike
link-citations: yes
description: "A guide for wet bench researchers about why considering computational and data science skills can be useful for all types of scientific work."
favicon: assets/ITN_favicon.ico
output:
    bookdown::word_document2:
      toc: true
---

```{r include=FALSE}
# automatically create a bib database for R packages
knitr::write_bib(c(
  .packages(), "bookdown", "knitr", "rmarkdown"
), "packages.bib")
```

# About this Course {-}

This course is part of a series of courses for the [Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR)](https://itcr.cancer.gov/) called the Informatics Technology for Cancer Research Education Resource. This material was created by the ITCR Training Network (ITN)  which is a collaborative effort of researchers around the United States to support cancer informatics and data science training through resources, technology, and events. This initiative is funded by the following grant:  [National Cancer Institute (NCI)](https://www.cancer.gov/)  UE5 CA254170. Our courses feature tools developed by ITCR Investigators and make it easier for principal investigators, scientists, and analysts to integrate cancer informatics into their workflows. Please see our website at [www.itcrtraining.org](www.itcrtraining.org) for more information. This course introduces motivations for learning computational and data science skills that can be beneficial for both wet and dry lab researchers across all scientific fields.

## Available course formats

This course is available in multiple formats which allows you to take it in the way that best suites your needs. You can take it for certificate which can be for free or fee.

- The material for this course can be viewed without login requirement on this [Bookdown website](LINK HERE). This format might be most appropriate for you if you rely on screen-reader technology.
- This course can be taken for [free certification through Leanpub](LINK HERE).
- This course can be taken on [Coursera for certification here](LINK HERE) (but it is not available for free on Coursera).
- Our courses are open source, you can find the [source material for this course on GitHub](LINK HERE).