From our 3-day workshop in Lund Sweden, Sep 2026
Twenty-one participants attended the workshop. Based on the responses of 16 of them, they self-reported increase in knowledge, with the average participant rating their “omics data analytics level” rising from 4.6/10 before the workshop to 6.8/10 after.
Our participants appreciated the combination of:
- Clear lectures (breaking down complex concepts).
- Hands-on exercises (applying the methods).
- Direct interaction (debriefs and discussions with the teaching team).
Here is what they mentioned in their exit survey:
“It was really an eye opener workshop for my future PhD project and future endeavours to integrate omics data. Thank you for the nice workshop!”
“Kim-Anh was great at breaking all the concepts and analysis methods down and explain them in an easily understandable and visual way! I also really liked the debriefing periods, it helped a lot…”
“Overall, very beginner-friendly, considering that I had no background in ‘omics data!”
“This is an awesome tool. I am excited to use it more seriously with my work and have recommended it many times already in just the few weeks since the course.”
“I learnt there is a lot of extensions to traditional multivariate methods… that I wasn’t aware of. It was a perspective change…”
From the Feb – March 2025 workshop
Best aspects of the program
| Course materials were exceptionally well done |
| The MixOmics Vignette The R markdown template Kim-Anh’s Teaching Style and approachability |
| the modules explained in details the main principles of statistical analyses and the webinars were clear and brought additional informations to better understand the online courses. |
| That we started from basics and went to more advanced analysis |
| The online content that supported the live webinars |
| Hands-on experience and being able to use own data. The quality of the material was excellent, and the teacher is very knowledgeable and helpful. |
| Practical approach, resources to learn more, and the videoconference Q&A. |
| The course was extremely well structured, the continuous building of knowledge in a layered approach was very effective. I see how the block integration was easy to understand only because of the pre-work in the previous weeks to fully understand PCA, PLS, PLS-DA. Also, the instructor was very flexible in incorporating all our wishes for the little extras we were interested in. The discussions on slack were also very helpful. All in all, the best course I have attended. |
| I found the assignment really good and challenging. |
| Assignment on own work, slack |
| The MixOmics course allows one to learn at their own pace given international schedules. The course material was stimulating and the teacher took time and care to address students’ questions. |
| The weekly webinar |
| The assignment and slack and working with own data. |
| Nice exposure of different methodologies of omics data analysis, including the mathematical reasoning behind them. The assignment was useful to apply and reinforce the knowledge of the theory. The Q&As and the Slack channel were also very good sources for topic discussion. |
| Very usefull course, many hands on options, it is great that you can work on your own data for the assignment, I liked the live tutorials a lot |
| The support was very helpful but the data for the assignments could work on my R version for which I cannot changed it because of my platform |
| Learning how to use all the tools of the mixomics package |
| The practical application of the different analyses which was taught. |
| Practical work mixed with theoretical part of the program. |
| Hands on activities |
Additional comments
| Genuinely a very well run and well taught course. I will be recommending it to people! |
| Professor Kim-Anh Lê Cao was amazing and did a very good job, teaching, organizing us and replying very fast to every question |
| Please make the access to online content available for 6 months after the course. Need to improve the login link for external users. I could only access by going to the link in the email sent by Melbourne uni with was time consuming. The link would not work if copied and pasted to online favourites. |
| The training proved to be exceptionally valuable. Despite its considerable challenges, especially given my initial lack of knowledge in the field, I acquired a wider knowledge in the area and very valuable new skills. This experience has significantly contributed to my scientific development. Committing to this training was a wise decision, as it provided an excellent introduction to mixomics and multi-omics analysis in general. I look forward to applying these new skills in my future research studies. |
| Kim-Anh was a great instructor, very smart, and always available to help and answer any questions. |
| Thank you to the teachers of the course for their availability. It was a much appreciated experience. |
| The connexion to the website as external was only accessible from the first e-mail sent. |
| Longer course, also exploring more options of mixOmix – or an additional course. |
| Prof. Kim-Anh was exceptionally kind and ready to help. Her teaching was highly appreciated. |
| Very well organized and structured workshop but I missed more theoretical part of the course so I would not be lost when started my hands-on. |