[BiO BB] ANNOUNCE: New On-Site and On-Line Courses
J.W. Bizzaro
jeff at bioinformatics.org
Fri Jun 2 11:05:14 EDT 2006
(Apologies for multiple copies)
The non-profit Bioinformatics Organization (Bioinformatics.Org) is pleased to
announce the expansion of its educational services with the introduction of
on-site and on-line training courses in bioinformatics.
Since 1998, Bioinformatics.Org has been providing free hosting services for
bioinformaticists. They've been focused largely on software development
projects, but we're now expanding both research and educational services.
Training courses and static tutorials will employ the open-source Moodle course
management system to manage student registration and course materials. It's
located here:
http://edu.bioinformatics.org/
(Note: Account registration will be separate for this system until it can be
integrated with the rest of the Bioinformatics.Org website. If you are member
of Bioinformatics.Org, you'll need to re-register for this site in order to use
it.)
While the on-line course materials will remain gratis, courses lead by an
instructor will often require a fee -- tiered for academics and economies -- to
compensate the instructor and to help the Organization.
Our very first course is on-site and targeted toward laboratory researchers who
wish to learn how two open-source scripting languages can become powerful tools
for data analysis. Please pass the following announcement on to any researcher
who would be interested in this course.
OPEN SOURCE BIOINFORMATICS FOR RESEARCHERS
CAMBRIDGE, MA
SEPT. 19 & 20, 2006
DESCRIPTION:
This is a course on the fundamentals of open-source programming, to help
biologists understand how and when to use the right computer tools for solving
computational biology problems, whether sequence analysis, gene expression,
mass spectrometry, or systems biology.
This course is modularized so that researchers can understand two distinct
tools: a programming and scripting language such as Perl, and a data analysis
and visualization language such as R. Armed with knowledge and some hands-on
experience with these tools (including add-on modules like BioPerl and
Bioconductor), scientists will be able to appreciate and use software better in
their organization, and also be able to put research questions in the context
of these tools. They will be able to do basic computational tasks themselves
and better communicate with their IT group.
PREREQUISITES:
There are no prerequisites for this course other than having a need to learn
some of the fundamentals of programming, in case the scientist has any
bioinformatic tasks in their day-to-day work.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Day 1:
09:00 - 12:00 pm: Basics of Perl
12:00 - 01:00 pm: LUNCH
01:00 - 04:30 pm: Data manipulation using Perl/BioPerl
Day 2:
09:00 - 12:00 pm: Basics of R
12:00 - 01:00 pm: LUNCH
01:00 - 04:30 pm: Bioconductor for microarray analysis
Breakfast and afternoon tea is provided, but lunch is not.
LOGISTICS:
When: September 19th & 20th, 2006
Where: The Radisson, Cambridge, Massachusetts
COURSE FEES:
Commercial: $600/person
Academic: $300/person
All attendees are encouraged to bring their own notebook computers, since this
will be a hands-on workshop. CDs will be provided to install the necessary
software, and lecture notes and exercises will be provided.
Register today (account required):
http://edu.bioinformatics.org/course/view.php?id=2
Additionally, please let us know if you'd like the Bioinformatics Organization
to come to your institution and provide training in the following areas:
Scripting Languages for Biology:
- Perl/BioPerl
Statistical Tools for Biology:
- R/Bioconductor
- Matlab and Octave
Data Management Tools for Biology:
- MySQL
Also let us know if you're interested in creating and running your own course.
Cheers,
Jeff
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J.W. Bizzaro
Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. (Bioinformatics.Org)
E-mail: jeff at bioinformatics.org
Phone: +1 508 890 8600
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