Free Bioinformatics Training: Introduction to Python Programming, Part I

Join us for April’s free bioinformatics training workshop.

Title: Introduction to Python Programming, Part I
Speakers: Kyle Hernandez, PhD, and Wenjun Kang, MS
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: BSLC, room 018 (basement)

Details:

Due to the popularity of last summer’s Python trainings, we’re bringing back this workshop! This introductory session will be Part I of II, and we look forward to expanding the series further in the near future.

This workshop will provide hands-on training in Python programming for bioinformatics. Part I will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Python shell
 Running command-line Python scripts
 Background information on Python
 Strings, integers, floats, lists, and dictionaries
 How to write your own functions
 Interacting with users via the command line
 Introduction to loops

 

Stay tuned for Part II next month!

The size of the room limits us to 30 participants.