Date: 20 - 21 December 2018

Timezone: CET (GMT+1)

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NEW DATE FOR THE COURSE HAS BEEN SET: Dec. 20-21

ELIXIR TtR course: Basic genomics using advanced analysis tools
Genomic Data Science with Galaxy

December 20-21, 2018, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Galaxy is an open source, web-based platform for data intensive biomedical research. The Galaxy Platform provides user friendly software for producing reproducible genomic pipelines for data analysis. This workshop will provide a 2 day introductory session to Galaxy software system.

The course will be in English.

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.

This course will focus on introducing the Galaxy user interface and how it can be used for basic genomic analyses. Sessions will be intensive and hands-on, and taught by experienced instructors from the Galaxy Community. We will cover the basic features of Galaxy, including where to find tools, how to import and use your data, and an introduction to workflows. This session is recommended for anyone who has not used, or only rarely uses Galaxy.

Program topics:
Quick introduction to Galaxy UI (20.12. morning)
From peaks to genes (20.12. morning)
Reference-based RNA-seq - Quality control (20.12. afternoon)
Reference-based RNA-seq - Sequencing (21.12. morning)
Lecturers will be Christophe Antoniewski and Olivier Inizan from ELIXIR France.

Course is organised by ELIXIR Slovenia in collaboration with ELIXIR France.

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.

Prerequisites:
Wi-Fi enabled laptop with a modern web browser. Latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera will work best.

Location: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana

If you have any questions about this course, please contact ELIXIR-SI

Contact: elixir@mf.uni-lj.si

Keywords: galaxy, genomics, training, eLearning, EeLP

Venue: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine

City: Ljubljana

Region: Central Slovenia

Country: Slovenia

Postcode: SI-1000

Organizer: ELIXIR Slovenia and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana

Host institutions: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine

Eligibility:

  • Registration of interest

Target audience: life scientists, Postgraduate students, beginner bioinformaticians

Capacity: 20

Event types:

  • Workshops and courses

Scientific topics: Genomics


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