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announcement

The Coop Year in Review: 2020

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A lot has changed at the Coop since our first Year in Review post last January. As noted in our Autumn 2020 summary, we’re trying to provide quarterly update...

Adaptation and change in the Coop community

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It’s been quiet lately here at the Coop blog. Between our transition process last spring, continuing to work remotely, and continued discussions around socia...

A new home for the Coop and fredhutch.io

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For the last handful of years, Hutch Data Commonwealth (HDC) has supported data-intensive science for researchers at Fred Hutch. As a part of those activitie...

Coop Customer Survey

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Fred Hutch is currently evaluating its approach to supporting data-intensive research (often called data science). As part of this work, we ran a “customer s...

The Coop in Review: 2019

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In July of 2018, I found myself at a Mexican restaurant in South Lake Union, sitting across the booth from a friend-of-a-friend and future colleague, Kate He...

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communication

Best practices for asking for coding help

5 minute read

As some of us find ourselves with extra time on our hands in the COVID-19 era, many at Fred Hutch are looking to sharpen their programming skills. Luckily, w...

Tips on remote teamwork from the Coop

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The Coop is community-focused; we run events, host office hours, teach courses through fredhutch.io, and connect with researchers to help them with their dat...

A quick guide to working from home

3 minute read

As we all know by now, in an effort to reduce the number of personnel on campus Fred Hutch has required that all employees who are able begin working from ho...

Making the most of Slack

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In our previous post, we provided a basic introduction to Slack as a communication mechanism and oriented you to Fred Hutch’s Coop Communities Slack workspac...

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open science

Welcome to the URSSI

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Back in August of last year Kate posted this awesome opportunity with URSSI to the #general channel on Slack…

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training

Why learn to code?

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One of the most common questions we receive at The Coop is whether someone in our community should learn to code. Chances are good that you’ve heard someone ...

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remote work

Community highlight: Dev Nambi’s blog!

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This week the Coop is excited to highlight Dev Nambi and his blog, DevNambi.com! Dev is currently a principal data scientist working on building cloud infras...

Hosting community meetings in MS Teams

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Last month, we highlighted a few tips and tricks for holding meetings remotely through MS Teams. As we settle into more time working from home, we’d like to ...

Tips on remote teamwork from the Coop

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The Coop is community-focused; we run events, host office hours, teach courses through fredhutch.io, and connect with researchers to help them with their dat...

A quick guide to working from home

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As we all know by now, in an effort to reduce the number of personnel on campus Fred Hutch has required that all employees who are able begin working from ho...

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reproducibility

Welcome to the URSSI

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Back in August of last year Kate posted this awesome opportunity with URSSI to the #general channel on Slack…

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r

Community highlight! Dror Berel’s Blog!

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This week the Coop Blog is excited to highlight Dror Berel and his blog! Dror worked at Fred Hutch from 2016 through 2019 as a statistician. Dror’s an exper...

Why learn to code?

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One of the most common questions we receive at The Coop is whether someone in our community should learn to code. Chances are good that you’ve heard someone ...

Highlights from rstudio::conf 2020

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I was pleased to represent Fred Hutch in late January at rstudio::conf2020 in San Francisco. In addition to having used RStudio as my interface for R statist...

Welcome to the URSSI

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Back in August of last year Kate posted this awesome opportunity with URSSI to the #general channel on Slack…

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python

Why learn to code?

4 minute read

One of the most common questions we receive at The Coop is whether someone in our community should learn to code. Chances are good that you’ve heard someone ...

Welcome to the URSSI

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Back in August of last year Kate posted this awesome opportunity with URSSI to the #general channel on Slack…

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highlight

Girls Who Code at Fred Hutch

2 minute read

Did you know that the percentage of women in computing has dropped from 37% to only 24% since 1995? Girls Who Code is an organization that is working to clos...

Community highlight! Dror Berel’s Blog!

less than 1 minute read

This week the Coop Blog is excited to highlight Dror Berel and his blog! Dror worked at Fred Hutch from 2016 through 2019 as a statistician. Dror’s an exper...

Community highlight: Dev Nambi’s blog!

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This week the Coop is excited to highlight Dev Nambi and his blog, DevNambi.com! Dev is currently a principal data scientist working on building cloud infras...

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strategy

The Coop Year in Review: 2020

6 minute read

A lot has changed at the Coop since our first Year in Review post last January. As noted in our Autumn 2020 summary, we’re trying to provide quarterly update...

Autumn 2020 updates from the Coop Team

4 minute read

The Coop is a community-centered organization, and the Coop Team feels strongly about sharing our progress and plans with out most important stakeholders: r...

Coop community values

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We are pleased to release this draft of the Coop community values, which support our mission of training and building community to accelerate data-intensive ...

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work habits

Community highlight: Dev Nambi’s blog!

less than 1 minute read

This week the Coop is excited to highlight Dev Nambi and his blog, DevNambi.com! Dev is currently a principal data scientist working on building cloud infras...

Tips on remote teamwork from the Coop

2 minute read

The Coop is community-focused; we run events, host office hours, teach courses through fredhutch.io, and connect with researchers to help them with their dat...

A quick guide to working from home

3 minute read

As we all know by now, in an effort to reduce the number of personnel on campus Fred Hutch has required that all employees who are able begin working from ho...

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coding

Why learn to code?

4 minute read

One of the most common questions we receive at The Coop is whether someone in our community should learn to code. Chances are good that you’ve heard someone ...

Best practices for asking for coding help

5 minute read

As some of us find ourselves with extra time on our hands in the COVID-19 era, many at Fred Hutch are looking to sharpen their programming skills. Luckily, w...

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planning

The Coop Year in Review: 2020

6 minute read

A lot has changed at the Coop since our first Year in Review post last January. As noted in our Autumn 2020 summary, we’re trying to provide quarterly update...

Autumn 2020 updates from the Coop Team

4 minute read

The Coop is a community-centered organization, and the Coop Team feels strongly about sharing our progress and plans with out most important stakeholders: r...

Adaptation and change in the Coop community

2 minute read

It’s been quiet lately here at the Coop blog. Between our transition process last spring, continuing to work remotely, and continued discussions around socia...

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values

Coop community values

2 minute read

We are pleased to release this draft of the Coop community values, which support our mission of training and building community to accelerate data-intensive ...

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girls who code

Girls Who Code at Fred Hutch

2 minute read

Did you know that the percentage of women in computing has dropped from 37% to only 24% since 1995? Girls Who Code is an organization that is working to clos...

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slack

The #scientific-software channel explained!

3 minute read

The Coop Communities Slack is the main way in which the Coop and Scientific Computing communicate with the research community in real time. Each channel in S...

Making the most of Slack

3 minute read

In our previous post, we provided a basic introduction to Slack as a communication mechanism and oriented you to Fred Hutch’s Coop Communities Slack workspac...

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community groups

Hosting community meetings in MS Teams

1 minute read

Last month, we highlighted a few tips and tricks for holding meetings remotely through MS Teams. As we settle into more time working from home, we’d like to ...

Overview of Community Groups

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To help stimulate interest in bioinformatics and data science while also encouraging learning and growth we here at the Coop have started a newsletter, manag...

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collaboration

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data management

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diversity equity and inclusion

Black Lives Matter.

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In the past week we have seen protests break out here in Seattle, and across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who was kill...

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year in review

The Coop Year in Review: 2020

6 minute read

A lot has changed at the Coop since our first Year in Review post last January. As noted in our Autumn 2020 summary, we’re trying to provide quarterly update...

The Coop in Review: 2019

2 minute read

In July of 2018, I found myself at a Mexican restaurant in South Lake Union, sitting across the booth from a friend-of-a-friend and future colleague, Kate He...

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onboarding

Making the most of Slack

3 minute read

In our previous post, we provided a basic introduction to Slack as a communication mechanism and oriented you to Fred Hutch’s Coop Communities Slack workspac...

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office hours

Hosting community meetings in MS Teams

1 minute read

Last month, we highlighted a few tips and tricks for holding meetings remotely through MS Teams. As we settle into more time working from home, we’d like to ...

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mental health

Tips on remote teamwork from the Coop

2 minute read

The Coop is community-focused; we run events, host office hours, teach courses through fredhutch.io, and connect with researchers to help them with their dat...

A quick guide to working from home

3 minute read

As we all know by now, in an effort to reduce the number of personnel on campus Fred Hutch has required that all employees who are able begin working from ho...

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tableau

Responsible visual analysis amid COVID-19

2 minute read

In wanting to understand this emerging disease better, I have dug into a myriad of coronavirus data sets over the past few weeks. This includes the daily ref...

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data science

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data security

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data sharing

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best practices

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machine learning

Community highlight! Dror Berel’s Blog!

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This week the Coop Blog is excited to highlight Dror Berel and his blog! Dror worked at Fred Hutch from 2016 through 2019 as a statistician. Dror’s an exper...

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women in stem

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sciwiki

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nextflow

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workflow manager

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conference

Highlights from rstudio::conf 2020

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I was pleased to represent Fred Hutch in late January at rstudio::conf2020 in San Francisco. In addition to having used RStudio as my interface for R statist...

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teaching

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IDE

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data visualization

Responsible visual analysis amid COVID-19

2 minute read

In wanting to understand this emerging disease better, I have dug into a myriad of coronavirus data sets over the past few weeks. This includes the daily ref...

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help

Best practices for asking for coding help

5 minute read

As some of us find ourselves with extra time on our hands in the COVID-19 era, many at Fred Hutch are looking to sharpen their programming skills. Luckily, w...

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university of washington

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survivorship

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uw msds

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privacy

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information security

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tidyverse

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R

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diversity equity inclusion

Coop community values

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We are pleased to release this draft of the Coop community values, which support our mission of training and building community to accelerate data-intensive ...

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package development

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ux

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productivity

Community highlight: Dev Nambi’s blog!

less than 1 minute read

This week the Coop is excited to highlight Dev Nambi and his blog, DevNambi.com! Dev is currently a principal data scientist working on building cloud infras...

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data analysis

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announcements

Autumn 2020 updates from the Coop Team

4 minute read

The Coop is a community-centered organization, and the Coop Team feels strongly about sharing our progress and plans with out most important stakeholders: r...

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hutch united

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algorithmic justice

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workflow

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easybuild

The #scientific-software channel explained!

3 minute read

The Coop Communities Slack is the main way in which the Coop and Scientific Computing communicate with the research community in real time. Each channel in S...

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scientific computing

The #scientific-software channel explained!

3 minute read

The Coop Communities Slack is the main way in which the Coop and Scientific Computing communicate with the research community in real time. Each channel in S...

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educational outreach

Girls Who Code at Fred Hutch

2 minute read

Did you know that the percentage of women in computing has dropped from 37% to only 24% since 1995? Girls Who Code is an organization that is working to clos...

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career development

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motivation

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cloud

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infrastructure

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genomics

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gender gap

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lab health

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