Light Python introduction
13/11/2024
20/11/2024
General context
This training aims to prepare people who have no experience with Python for trainings that make use of Python like the spatial data analysis trainings. It will NOT teach you how to write Python scripts from scratch, but it will give you enough background knowledge to understand the Python scripts that are used in the advanced trainings and to adjust them according to your needs.
The training will focus on the following topics:
- using Jupyter notebooks
- setting up a conda environment and using conda to install packages
- general concepts in Python: variables, functions, arguments, packages, attributes, methods
- comparisons in Python and conditional statements
- Python data types: tuples, lists, dictionaries
- brief introduction to NumPy arrays and plotting images with matplotlib
This training is intended for people who have no experience with Python.
Learning to program from scratch in Python. For this we have an extended Python introduction course.
- Python
- Jupyter notebooks
- conda
- NumPy
- matplotlib
Trainers
Janick Mathys
Janick tries to help VIB scientists analyze their data by offering bioinformatics training and support. Next to organizing trainings, creating e-learning courses and teaching statistics, R, Python, Linux, HPC, bulk and single cell RNA-Seq analysis, she consults scientists and develops pipelines for omics analyses. Before joining VIB, she worked as a post-doc at KULeuven, doing research on transcriptomics and transcription regulation. She coordinated the Master of Bioinformatics program of KULeuven and taught the course on Biological Databases.
Practical info
13 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
13 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take a bus to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
13 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
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Cycling route planner
Shared bicycles:
Several providers are active in the area.
Take a look at their platforms:
- Indigo Weel Pro app
- Bluebike
- DOTT
- BOLT eBikes
- Donkey Republic
There are also some public bicycle pumps at the park.
13 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
There is only one entrance to Technologiepark. At the entrance, please take a ticket - Parking is only allowed in regular parking spots (for instance in front of the building) and in the parking tower. Parking alongside the roads or in other places where there is no regular parking is prohibited.
13 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
room L4 of the FSVM2 building, Technologiepark, Gent