[BBC] PPB18 - Hands-on Training Course on Programming in Python - Announcement / Reminder

[Pedro L. Fernandes]

                        Course Announcement / Reminder
PPB18
Programming in Python (for Biologists, but not only)

with Allegra Via, Vincenza Colonna and David P. Judge

Key terms: Programming, Python

  IMPORTANT DATES for this Course
    Deadline for applications: July 18th 2018
    Latest notification of acceptance: July 19th 2018
    Course date: July 23rd - July 27th 2018

The GTPB is proud to announce that the above referenced hands-on  
training course is open for applications

Admission:
Candidates with adequate profile will be accepted in the next 72 hours  
after the application until we reach 20 participants.

Course description:

Python is a programming language that is ideal for data processing.  
The course will start from zero knowledge, and will introduce the  
participants to all the basic concepts of programming such as  
calculating, repeating things, making choices, reading and writing  
files, filtering and organising data, program logic and writing larger  
programs. The examples and practical sessions will mostly focus on  
managing biological data.

In particular the sessions will cover:
- parsing common file formats (Uniprot, GenBank, PDB, BLAST)
- data retrieval from files and their manipulation
- finding motifs in sequences
- manipulating tables
- plotting data

The course will be highly interactive and the participants will  
continuously put theory into practice while learning. At the end of  
the course, the participants will have a good understanding of  
programming basics and will have acquired the skills to manage  
bioinformatics database record and data files. Basic Unix/Linux skills  
will be provided at the beginning of the course. Participants are  
welcome to bring to the course the "typical" text file that they may  
need to filter, manipulate or analyse such a table, a file in fastq or  
fasta format, a PDB file, etc.

The course is directed to biologists with little or no programming  
experience and aims at making them capable to use Python to  
autonomously manage and analyse biological data.

More information at the GTPB website,
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/2018/PPB18//

Hoping that this course meets your interests,

Pedro Fernandes
-- 
The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics
Pedro L. Fernandes, Organiser
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Rua da Quinta Grande, 6
2780-156 OEIRAS
Portugal



--
Pedro L. Fernandes
Bioinformatics Training Coordinator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Apartado 14
2781-901 OEIRAS
PORTUGAL
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt