We would like to let you know that EBI trainers are coming to Belgium to give workshops on Ensembl Browser and Ensembl REST API in May 2018.

Furthermore, ELIXIR Belgium is organising a Data Carpentry workshop in Brussels in June 2018.

If you like to have more info and register to any of the courses, please visit https://bit.ly/1PkrdsU

Ensembl Browser Workshop

This workshop offers participants hands-on experience in the use of the Ensembl vertebrate genome browser and provides them with the necessary background information.

Ensembl genomes can also be covered if participants are working with bacteria, plants, fungi, protists or (invertebrate) metazoa.

Date: 4 May

Location: Park Inn, Leuven

Trainer: Erin Haskell, EBI

Ensembl REST API Workshop

This workshop will introduce the basics of working with the Ensembl REST API, including an introduction to the main endpoints, exploring the documentation and writing sample clients. Participants will write their own scripts.

Requirements
Basic knowledge of a programming language. While any language can be used to access the REST API in practice, the support in this course will be limited to Python and Perl.

Date: 14 May

Location: BioAccelerator

Trainer: Benjamin Moore and Matthew Laird, EBI

ELIXIR Data carpentry workshop

This is an introductory workshop to data management, databases, and data analysis in R. Researchers can perform simple to complex data management through open source tools and techniques which do not require highly specialist skills. This hands-on workshop will assist you to learn more about basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation.

Requirements

We recommend participants to have a basic understanding of R and its data types.

Date: 12 and 13 June

Location: Brussels

Trainer: Paula Andrea Martinez, Stijn Van Hoey, Tina O'Grady, Christof De B