Contact: ecSeq Bioinformatics GmbH Sternwartenstr. 29 D-04103 Leipzig Germany Email: events@ecSeq.com

Keywords: nextflow, pipeline development, workflow management, Reproducible Science

Venue: Zoom

Country: Germany

Prerequisites:

The target audience are biologists or data analysts with no or little experience in developing computational pipelines for data analysis. A superficial understanding of molecular biology (DNA, RNA, gene expression, PCR, ...) is assumed, as examples will be given in the context of this field.

Some familiarity with a command line interface (e.g. Linux, Mac OS X) and a minimal understanding of object-oriented programming (with e.g. Python or Java) is recommended but not required.

Learning objectives:

The purpose of the workshop is to introduce the concepts of bioinformatic pipeline development through the context of the open source Workflow Management System (WMS) Nextflow. The participants will be trained in the scripting, configuration and execution of example analysis pipelines based on current industry best-practices, and learn how to share them with other users. Finally, the participants will apply everything they have learned by implementing their own analysis pipelines from the ground up.

By the end of the workshop all attendees will be enabled to build their own scalable, reproducible bioinformatic pipelines which can be run locally, on high-performance computing clusters or even in the cloud. The course layout has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of computational biology and allows scientists with little or no background in software development to get a first hands-on experience in this new and fast-evolving area of expertise. This instructor-led live online workshop has been newly designed for an engaging, interactive online learning experience.

Organizer: ecSeq Bioinformatics GmbH

Eligibility:

• First come first served

Target audience: Biological sciences research students and postdocs who may want to use HPC in their research.Please note that Biochemistry first year graduate students book this course via their Moodle site not here., Biologists and bioinformaticians, Molecular Biologists

Capacity: 20

Event types:

• Workshops and courses

Tech requirements:

A current desktop computer / laptop with an up-to-date browser (Firefox or Chrome) is required.

Credit / Recognition: Certificate

Cost basis: Cost incurred by all

Cost: € 987.0 (EUR)