BM954 project resources
  1. Experimental Work
  2. R Studio Resources
  • Getting Started
    • Project Expectations
    • Project and Time Management
    • Project Schedule
    • Literature Review
  • Experimental Work
    • Experimental Design
    • Bionformatics Resources
    • Science Communication Resources
    • R Studio Resources
  • General Thesis Writing
    • General Writing Tips
    • Writing Exercises
    • Notes on the use of generative AI
  • Guidance on Specific Thesis Sections
    • Preparing Figures
    • Writing a Methods Section
  • Presentations
    • Preparing your presentation

On this page

  • General R Studio Resources/Getting Started
    • Files used in Morgan’s R Studio tutorials
    • Additional tutorials
  1. Experimental Work
  2. R Studio Resources

R Studio Resources

General R Studio Resources/Getting Started

Depending on your project, you may find the following resources useful - please note that this is by no means an exhaustive list, just a starting point - there are many other helpful resources out there. While you do not necessarily need to use R/R Studio for your data analysis, you will likely find that being able to work in R is an important transferable skill and important for your future career. Feel free to discuss with Dr. Feeney if you have any questions.

  • Getting Started (ModernDive)

  • R for Data Science (2nd edition)

  • Introduction to ggplot2

  • ggplot2 tutorial

Files used in Morgan’s R Studio tutorials

Demos for AY 2024-2025 projects

  • Rdemo1.R: R script used for demo 1

  • Rdemo1.csv: .csv data file used for demo 1

  • Rdemo2.R: R script used for demo 2

  • Rdemo2.csv: .csv data file used for demo 2

Additional tutorials

Some intro R tutorials you may find useful:

  • BM214 workshop 3: an intro to ggplot2 in the context of plotting growth curves and analysing reporter gene expression (2nd year intro microbiology workshop)

  • BM327 workshop 2: an intro to ggplot2 in the context of identifying UTI adhesion factors (3rd year biomedical microbiology workshop)