/bioinformatics-workshops

Workshops for first-year students in the Bioinformatics program at Boston University.

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Bioinformatics Workshops

Table of Contents

0. Introduction & Setup

Welcome to the bioinformatics workshops - organized and taught by your program peers. To get the most out of the in-person workshop sessions, please make sure your personal device is setup and ready to go with the correct software and configurations.

1. [BASH & The SCC]

  • Workshop slides here

2. Programming in R

R is a programming language for statistical computing and graphics. R is heavily used in the data sciences and is commonly used in bioinformatics and computational biology. It has a range of highly developed packages for data manipulation, visualization, and tool development.

3. Programming in Python

Python is one of the most versatile and popular high-level languages ever created. It is a general purpose language that is highly flexible with a relatively low learning curve. It might not be the best language for every job - but it can do pretty much anything.

4. [Git]

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5. Data visualization

Data visualization in R and Python

6. [Machine learning]

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7. [SQL]

SQL "ess-que-el" stands for Structure Query Language. It is a programming language for designing and querying relational databases.