Resources

Useful resources for UCSB Undergraduates, including past GBMA videos. Check back often for new resources!

 Laboratory Links

UCSB offers a wide range of interdisciplinary labs! Check out the faculty/laboratory websites (even outside of Bio) to find what interests you!

 Coding Resources

Thank you to our mentors/panelists and undergraduates who have recommended these awesome coding resources!

Websites:

  • Statistics the Way I Like It: UCSB's Allison Horst’s wonderfully illustrated tutorials for getting started with R, data wrangling, analysis, and visualization! 
  • Rosalind: "Rosalind is a platform for learning bioinformatics and programming through problem solving."
  • Swirl: "swirl teaches you R programming and data science interactively, at your own pace, and right in the R console!"
  • Codecademy: Great educational website for learning a variety of coding languages. 
  • Harvard Coding Courses: Harvard's free open source courses on coding

 

UCSB Clubs/Organizations:

  • Data Science UCSB: "Providing the resources, community, and industry insight to help members learn, create, and share in the realm of Data Science"

 

UCSB Coding Courses:

  • Anthro 9 - Intro to data collection, analysis, statistics
  • MCDB 108C - Matlab
  • MCDB 194MW - Python to model biological systems

 Workshops and Panel Videos

How to Find and Join a Research Lab

June, 4, 2020

Panelists: 

  • Dr. Juliana Acosta-Uribe
  • Lindsay Bailey-Steintiz
  • Stephanie Khairallah
  • Bridget Kulesh
  • Claire Tran

Life after Undergrad

July 4, 2020

Panelists:

  • Ronnie Bailey-Steintiz
  • Janeva Chung
  • Evan Janzen
  • Spencer Mermelstein
  • Dr. Chana Sachs

How to Find and Join a Lab: PDF

Helpful tips for getting started in undergraduate research at UCSB