Introduction to Reproducible Genomics: Data Carpentry

basic bioinformatics
live training

Introduction to Reproducible Genomics: Data Carpentry

Target Audience:
All VIB staff
Location:

Ghent

General context

This is a Data Carpentry Workshop, with a special focus on sequence handling for variant calling using the cloud resources, the workshop will introduce you to Genomic concepts and scripting. For those unfamiliar with the concept, Data Carpentry aims at systematically delivering workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. What you will learn during the workshop will largely influence the way in which you handle data in a fully independent way, free from proprietary software and storage platforms. The workshop will be run by Mateusz Kuzak from the Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences and Toby Hodges from EMBL BioIT, both highly qualified instructors of the Carpentries carpentries.org. The contents of this workshop will be the Genomics Curriculum. Check what to expect if you’re attending a workshop

More information on objectives, schedule and setup see https://elixir-belgium.github.io/2019-05-13-Ghent/

Trainers

Mateusz Kuzak

Mateusz Kuzak is a Scientific Community Manager at Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences, where he works at the interface of training, technology and data platforms and the research community in the Netherlands.

Toby Hodges

Toby Hodges is a bioinformatician turned community coordinator, working on the Bio-IT Project at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany.

Practical info

Location & Venue
Ghent - Clemenspoort

Overwale 3
9000 Ghent
Belgium

Public transport
Ghent - Clemenspoort
Public transport

The train station Ghent St-Pieters is only 250 m away. We have 40 bike lots.

Route description
Ghent - Clemenspoort
Parking

We offer parking lots (1.20 € per hour). GPS address: Sint-Denijslaan 251.
Please take the neem the exit SPORTHAL HoGent (not Campus HoGent) and drive all the way to the end, so past the parking slots of HoGent.

Venue contact
Ghent - Clemenspoort
Location contact

+32 476 46 10 40

info@clemenspoort.be