Greece
Introduction to Practical Bioinformatics
Date: 12 - 13 March 2026
Timezone: Athens
Duration: 2 days, 8 hours per day
Language of instruction: English
This course was intended for beginners with little or no prior experience in bioinformatics, and the content was specifically designed for newcomers. The course was open to PhD and MSc students, staff members, and researchers affiliated with HCMR, NHMC, FORTH, and UoC.
Course topics include:
- Introduction to different operating systems (OS)
- Introduction to the command line and software installation
- Introduction to GitHub (basics)
- How to use Visual Studio Code
- Introduction to programming languages (R and Python)
- Working on servers and clusters (HPC)
- Introduction to workflow design (basic bash scripting, error and log file handling)
- Biological databases (GenBank, EMBL, RefSeq, etc.)
- Running basic bioinformatics tools
- Plotting and statistical analysis using a programming language
Contact: [email protected]
Keywords: BIoinformatics, Bioinformatic databases, Introduction bioinformatics, Introduction to HPC, Introduction to Unix, Introduction to Version Control, Introduction rna seq analysis
Venue: FORTH
City: Heraklion
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Prerequisites:
No prior knowledge was needed.
Learning objectives:
This course aims to help participants understand the core concepts of practical bioinformatics and to complete a small bioinformatics project by the end of the course.
Organizer: Nefeli Kleopatra Venetsianou, Lucía Martín Fernández, Franziska Reden
Host institutions: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Target audience: Academia/ Research Institution, PostDocs, PhD students, Master students, Professors, Technicians, Researchers
Capacity: 36
Event types:
- Workshops and courses
Tech requirements:
No needed.
Cost basis: Free to all
Sponsors: No fund.
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