PPB17

Programming in Python for Biologists

Timetable (provisional)

PPB17 Detailed Program
Mon, Nov 27th
Getting Started - Day #1
09:30 - 11:00 Welcome session.
Time to introduce ourselves, and to discover each other's expectations for the coming week.
A soft introduction to the working environment.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Unix (Linux) Tutorial
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Python Shell
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Python Programs
Tue, Nov 28th
Parsing - Day #2
09:30 - 11:00 Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Repeating things
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Reading files
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Parsing
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Parsing
Wed, Nov 29th
Managing data - Day #3
09:30 - 11:00 Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Functions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Debugging
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Data columns
(formatting and sorting)
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Tabular data
Thu, Nov 30th
Libraries - Day #4
09:30 - 11:00 Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Searching
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Pipelines
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Python Libraries
(BioPython, Pattern matching, plotting, using R, Pandas)
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Outcomes versus expectations
Final Wrap-up session
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência,

Apartado 14, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal

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Last updated:   Oct 16th 2017