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ELIXIR node event CGR Python for Bioinformatics workshop

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Date: 2 - 4 December 2025

Timezone: London

Duration: 2 days

Language of instruction: English

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The Centre for Genomic Research (CGR) at the University of Liverpool (UoL) presents this 2-day online Python for Bioinformatics workshop.

Date & Time
10am-4pm (2nd & 4th December 2025)

Overview
Python is one of the most popular programming languages for bioinformatics and data analysis in general. It is a very flexible language with countless applications in the manipulation and processing of data files. This workshop is aimed at Python beginners and will give you transferable skills to manipulate your own data and experience in Python modules tailored specifically for bioinformatics and genomics analyses.

Price
The price rates for this workshops are:
Academic: £250
Non higher education public institute: £350
Industry: quoted on individual basis

Contacts
If you have a query about the, your suitability of the workshop, its contents, running of the workshop or payment please email Matthew Gemmell (mgemmell@liverpool.ac.uk)

City: Online

Country: United Kingdom

Learning objectives:

At the end of the course learners will be able to:

  • Create, edit, run, and save python scripts with Jupyter-notebook.
  • Understand and use fundamental python concepts including operators, annotations, variables, and variable classes.
  • Utilise a variety of python functions and methods.
  • Store and manipulate data within lists, sets, and dictionaries.
  • Produce If and else statements to print out different results based on logical conditions (True or False).
  • Carry out the same task on multiple items with loops.
  • Read in and write out fastq files with the biopython library.
  • Filter sequences from fastq data.
  • Use logical operators to test multiple conditions at once.

Organizer: CGR

Event types:

  • Workshops and courses

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