2024 Bioinformatics Bootcamp - The Open University

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The School of Life, Health, and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) at The Open University (OU) is running a free, week-long Bioinformatics Bootcamp from the 16-20th September aimed at level 2 and level 3 OU students who are studying life, health and chemical sciences modules and have already completed 120 credits of level 1 study.

This will be a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience of the Galaxy bioinformatics platform and analyse real biological data. On day 2, you’ll have an option to choose a pathway: an interactive web-based graphical user interface (GUI) pathway to run the bioinformatics analysis, or a coding environment using the Python programming language to perform the analysis. So, if you ever fancied trying computer coding, the second pathway is for you. You’ll analyse the biological data in exactly the same way in each pathway, and it will be possible to swap between GUI and coding based on your confidence.

Prior knowledge of bioinformatics or computer coding is not required, and you’ll be supported through your study by a dedicated team of experienced researchers and PhD students. The Bioinformatics Bootcamp will run every day approximately from 09:15-17:30 with a break for lunch from 12-13:00 and afternoon break between 15:00-16:00. There will be a mix of live online Zoom meetings, lectures, and self-directed Galaxy tutorials with online support available from 09:00-18:00 each day. Each day will end with a Key Points Game to summarize outcomes and answer any questions. On Friday, we’ll aim to end early before 15:00.

The Bioinformatics Bootcamp will be “real-time” or synchronous compared to typical OU study, which you can do in your own time, so we request that you ensure you are available to attend all sessions each day.

We will provide full information on registering for Galaxy and other necessary platforms in the last week in August and will have a drop-in session to troubleshoot any problems on these registrations and any questions you have about the Bootcamp on Monday, 2nd, September from 19:30-20:30.

We strongly thank the Galaxy-Europe and Galaxy Training Network for their computational and training resources that make this course possible for the first time.

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Organisers & Instructors

This event is brought to you by:

Organisers(s)	Wendi Bacon Heather Fraser Mark Hintze
Instructor(s)	Julia Jakiela Wendi Bacon Morgan Howells Marisa Loach

Before you start

Before starting the course, make sure to follow the setup instructions

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Create a Galaxy Account

Create an account on one of the following Galaxy servers:

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2024 Bioinformatics Bootcamp - The Open University! 📢

The School of Life, Health, and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) at The Open University (OU) is running a free, week-long Bioinformatics Bootcamp from the 16-20th September aimed at level 2 and level 3 OU students who are studying life, health and chemical sciences modules and have already completed 120 credits of level 1 study.

📅 September 16 – 20, 2024
➡️ https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/events/2024-09-16-bioinfo_bootcamp-2024.html

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2024 Bioinformatics Bootcamp - The Open University! 📢

The School of Life, Health, and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) at The Open University (OU) is running a free, week-long Bioinformatics Bootcamp from the 16-20th September aimed at level 2 and level 3 OU students who are studying life, health and chemical sciences modules and have already completed 120 credits of level 1 study.

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2024 Bioinformatics Bootcamp - The Open University! 📢

The School of Life, Health, and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) at The Open University (OU) is running a free, week-long Bioinformatics Bootcamp from the 16-20th September aimed at level 2 and level 3 OU students who are studying life, health and chemical sciences modules and have already completed 120 credits of level 1 study.

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📅 September 16 – 20, 2024
➡️ https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/events/2024-09-16-bioinfo_bootcamp-2024.html

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Event details

event-date	September 16 – 20, 2024
event-location	The Open University - Online, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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Organisers

Wendi Bacon

Heather Fraser

Mark Hintze

Instructors

Julia Jakiela

Wendi Bacon

Morgan Howells

Marisa Loach

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