ELIXIR Data Carpentry - Ljubljana

ELIXIR Data Carpentry for Genomics - Ljubljana

29-30 Jan 2019, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

ELIXIR Data Carpentry for Genomics is a course intended for all those who would like to learn more about the basics of data processing and data management in the field of genomics.

The course will be in English.

Registration:

• register here
• the limit of participants is 20
• the course is free of charge

The course will take place in the computer classroom at the Institute of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (IBMI), Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana.

The limit of participants is 20. They will be selected on the time of registration and organisation and geographic widespread.

Sessions will be intensive and hands-on, and taught by experienced data carpentry instructors. The course is recommended for anyone who would like to learn more about how to process and manage big scale genomic data.

Program topics:

• Introduction - Presentation of ELIXIR Slovenia and ELIXIR-SI eLearning Platform
  
• Project management in genomics and introduction to cloud computing
  
• Introduction to Linux/Unix command line
  
• Data wrangling and processing for genomics

Instructors will be Vasilis Lenis (University of Plymouth, UK) and Živa Ramšak (ELIXIR Slovenia; National Institute of Biology Ljubljana).

The course is organised by ELIXIR Slovenia in collaboration with ELIXIR Hub and Data & Software Carpentry.

ELIXIR is an European ESFRI priority research infrastructure for bioinformatics that provides databases, (software) tools, services and training (including training materials) for information, cloud storage and supercomputers in the area of life sciences. It coordinates, develops, integrates and sustains life science (bioinformatics) resources across Europe.