[BBC] [Gtpb] Course announcement BPBR16 Bioinformatics using Python for Biomedical Researchers

[Pedro Fernandes]

    ANNOUNCEMENT

Applications for

BPBR16 - Bioinformatics using Python for Biomedical Researchers
with Allegra Via and Vincenza Colonna are open

IMPORTANT DATES for this Course
    Deadline for applications: July 4th 2016
    Latest notification of acceptance: July 6th 2016
    Course date: July 11th - July 15th 2016

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

Course Description
Python is an object-oriented programming language that is ideal for  
biological data analysis. The course will start from zero knowledge,  
and will introduce the participants to all the basic concepts of  
Python such as calculating, organizing data, reading and writing  
files, program logic and writing larger programs. All the examples and  
practical sessions will focus on solving biological problems. In  
particular the sessions will cover:

     working with DNA and protein sequences
     data retrieval from files and their manipulation
     running applications, such as BLAST, locally and from a script
     finding motifs in sequence
     parsing common file formats (Uniprot, GenBank, PDB, BLAST) with Biopython
     ways to find and correct program errors

The course will be highly interactive and the students will  
continuously put theory into practice while learning. By the end of  
the course, the participants will have a good understanding of Python  
basics and will have acquired the skills to manage any type of  
bioinformatics database record and to run applications from scripts.  
Basic Unix/Linux skills will be provided at the beginning of the  
course. Target Audience End-users of bioinformatics databases and  
tools that aim at developing hands-on capabilities for biological data  
analysis, ie writing their own or adapting somebody else's Python  
scripts in an autonomous way. Course Pre-requisites Basic familiarity  
with bioinformatics data resources such as Uniprot/Swiss-Prot, Blast,  
ENSEMBL, PDB, 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 details at the GTPB website
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/BPBR16/

Best wishes
Pedro Fernandes

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Pedro Fernandes
GTPB Coordinator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Apartado 14
2781-901 OEIRAS
PORTUGAL
Tel +351 21 4407912
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt



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