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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.bioinformat
ics.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):
ht
tp://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 bioinformatics.org
Phone: +1 508 890 8600
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