Gentle hands-on introduction to Python programming
3 days
General context
This course gently introduces programming to new programmers. There are plenty of opportunuties to apply and practice what you learn, and ask questions in a safe place. Furthermore, surprise yourself by building a substantial project over the 3 course weeks. We use the popular Python programming language to prepare you for real-world research application of what you learn.
This will be a hybrid session, and for the best learning experience we recommend to participate in person.
IMPORTANTE: Changes regarding what type of session to attend will not be allowed!
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand some fundamental programming concepts
- Understand Python programs written by your colleagues
- Make useful changes to existing Python programs
- Write new, useful Python programs
- Take more advanced Python courses
This course is aimed at people with no programming skills or experience. Those who want to learn Python but have experience with other languages are welcome but you may find the course slow going.
If you’re already familiar with Python and want to improve your skills in a particular area please register for a more specialized course such as the.data analysis, the machine learning or the deep learning training.
Trainers
James Collier
I am a software engineer with over 10 years of professional experience on systems ranging from tiny embedded medical microchips, through to web applications and high-performance supercomputers. I grew up in a small town in rural Australia then completed a PhD at Monash University applying information compression to the protein structural alignment problem. Now I live in the Netherlands with my lovely wife and three children. Currently, I work for VIB Technologies building web applications. You can find out more about me here: https://james.thecolliers.xyz/
Nina Buchina
Nina Buchina is a software engineer currently working in a field of robotics in the Netherlands. She completed a MSc program in Mathematics and Computer Science at the Eindhoven Technical University. Nina lives near Eindhoven and raises a beautiful cat.
Bruna Piereck
Bruna Piereck is a bioinformatics trainer coordinator working at VIB Technology Training and ELIXIR Belgium. She obtained a PhD in Molecular Genetics, with a focus on Bioinformatics from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in September 2019. During her PhD, she had the chance to collaborate with the university of Luxembourg and McGill university in Quebec for a short time. Ever since she has been involved with teaching and Since March 2022, she joined the Technology Training team at VIB.
Tatiana Woller
Tatiana Woller is a data expert working at the BioImaging Core Leuven and the VIB Bioinformatics Core.
Her task focuses on exploring and finding solutions for data management of biological images.
Alexander Botzki
Alexander Botzki is heading the Technology training unit at VIB, the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology, Belgium. The main mission of this unit is providing technology training in domains of VIB Technologies, Bioinformatics & AI, Software Development, and Research Data Management. Between 2014 and 2022, he was head of the VIB Bioinformatics Core. From September 2009 to July 2014, he was responsible for the roll-out of E-Notebook (electronic lab notebook) to VIB's researchers within 75 research groups.
Before joining VIB, Alexander worked on various computational biology projects for Algonomics (bought by Lonza, 2008-2009) and DevGen (now Syngenta, from 2006-2008). During Alexander's PostDoc at Sanofi Aventis in Strasbourg, he executed various virtual screening campaigns on the compound selection of the merged enterprise. He received his doctoral degree with the group of Prof. Dr. Armin Buschauer (University of Regensburg, Germany) on 'Structure-based design of hyaluronidase inhibitors'.
Program
- Introduction to your instructors and fellow students
- Learning environment setup
- What is programming and computation?
- Introduction to Python
- Explore available projects
- Review of the previous week
- Organizing and operating on data
- Reading and Writing data to files
- Review of previous week
- Cool Python features
Practical info
12 April 2023 - 26 April 2023
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
12 April 2023 - 26 April 2023
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take bus 49, 50 or 70 to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
12 April 2023 - 26 April 2023
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
There is only one entrance to Technologiepark. You need to take a ticket at the entrance that can be validated at the reception desk of the FSVM building. Parking will only be allowed on regular parking spots (for instance in front of the building) and in the new parking tower. Parking alongside the roads or in other places where there is no regular parking is prohibited and after initial warnings, fines will be issued (50 euros).
12 April 2023 - 26 April 2023
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Info for trainer
Elixir code: 7550