Python introduction light course
Python introduction light course
02 June 2025, 9h30-17h00
General context
This course aims to prepare people with no experience with Python for courses that make use of Python, like the spatial data analysis course or the machine learning introduction.
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 courses and to adjust them according to your needs.
If you want to thoroughly learn Python so that you can write scripts from scratch you should follow our extended Python introduction course.
The training will focus on the following topics:
- using Jupyter notebooks (as is done in the advanced courses)
- setting up a conda environment and using conda to install packages (as is done in the spatial data analysis courses)
- general concepts in Python: variables, functions, arguments, packages
- comparisons in Python and conditional statements
- Python data types: tuples, lists, dictionaries
Everyone who will follow the spatial data analysis course and who has no experience with Python should follow this training.
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
02 June 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
02 June 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take a bus to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
02 June 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Looking for a custom cycling route? Try the online cycling route planner to easily and quickly identify the fastest, safest and/or most scenic route to any destination in Ghent.
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.
02 June 2025
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.
02 June 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
room L4 of the FSVM2 building, Technologiepark, Gent