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DESCRIPTION:**This course will take place over two half-day sessions\, held
  exclusively in the afternoons.**\n\n## Overview\nThe rapid evolution of c
 omputational infrastructure to perform bioinformatics analysis and the cla
 im for more efficient and reproducible workflows have opened a door to inc
 lude new tools that optimize pipeline execution. The workflow orchestrator
  Nextflow has arisen as a great alternative to meet these needs given its 
 native capabilities such as the possibility to run the software independen
 tly and in parallel\, the chance to couple it to many other modules or pip
 elines and its scalability.  \n\nThis course empowers the participants wit
 h hands-on strategies to wrap their pipelines with Nextflow\, streamlining
  the analysis and allowing a plug-and-play modular design. In addition\, t
 he participants will learn to take advantage from other Nextflow features 
 such as the possibility of choosing the software management technology or 
 using different executors from local environments until High Performance C
 lusters. \n\n\n## Audience\nThis course is designed for PhD students\, pos
 tdoctoral and other researchers in the life sciences from both academia an
 d industry who aim at automatizing their analyses and/or in the quest to g
 uarantee scalability and reproducibility of their pipelines through a work
 flow manager. \n\n## Learning outcomes\nAt the end of the course\, the par
 ticipants are expected to: \n\n* Recognize the benefits of wrapping their 
 routine analysis with a workflow orchestrator. \n* Develop their own pipel
 ines wrapped with Nextflow. \n* Learn how to modularize their pipelines to
  enhance the control execution. \n* Run their pipelines in different envir
 onments.\n\n## Prerequisites\n##### Knowledge / competencies\nThe particip
 ants are expected to count with beginner/intermediate knowledge of UNIX-ba
 sed systems and/or Bash scripting. Suggested courses: [First Steps with UN
 IX in Life Sciences](https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20250902_FSWU) 
 and/or [UNIX Fundamentals](https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/2012_UNIX
 F).\n\n##### Technical\nYou are required to bring your own laptop and they
  will be asked to sign-up/log-in on GitHub to use GitHub Codespaces.\n\n##
  Schedule\n**Day 1** 13:00 -17:00\n\n* Lecture: Workflow managers and Next
 flow architecture. \n* Hands-on: Hello world pipeline.\n* Lecture: Modular
 ization and workflow. \n* Hands-on: RNA-seq pipeline. \n\n**Day 2** 13:00 
 -17:00\n\n* Lecture: Executors\, profiles and software management. \n* Han
 ds-on: Metagenomics pipeline. \n* Hands-on: wrapping your pipeline. \n* Le
 cture: nf-core.\n* Wrapping-up and closing remarks. \n\n\n\n## Application
 \n\nThe registration fees for academics are **100 CHF** and **500 CHF** fo
 r for-profit companies.\n\nWhile participants are registered on a first co
 me\, first served basis\, exceptions may be made to ensure diversity and e
 quity\, which may increase the time before your registration is confirmed.
 \n\nYou will be informed by email of your registration confirmation. Upon 
 reception of the confirmation email\, participants will be asked to confir
 m attendance by paying the fees within 5 days.\n\nApplications close on *0
 4/11/2026*. Deadline for free-of-charge cancellation is set to *04/11/2026
 *. Cancellation after this date will not be reimbursed. Please note that p
 articipation in SIB courses is subject to our [general conditions](https:/
 /www.sib.swiss/training/terms-and-conditions).\n\n## Venue and Time\nThis 
 course will be streamed over two half-day sessions\, held exclusively in t
 he afternoons.\n\nThe course will start at 13:00 CET and end around 17:00 
 CET.\n\n\nPrecise information will be provided to the registered participa
 nts in due time.\n\n\n## Additional information\nCoordination: Valeria Di 
 Cola\, SIB Training.\n\n\nWe will recommend 0.25 ECTS credits for this cou
 rse (given a passed exam at the end of the course).\n\n\nYou are welcome t
 o register to the SIB courses mailing list to be informed of all future co
 urses and workshops\, as well as all important deadlines using the form [h
 ere](https://lists.sib.swiss/mailman/listinfo/courses).\n\n\nPlease note t
 hat participation in SIB courses is subject to our [general conditions](ht
 tp://www.sib.swiss/training/terms-and-conditions).\n\n\nSIB abides by the 
 [ELIXIR Code of Conduct](https://elixir-europe.org/events/code-of-conduct)
 . Participants of SIB courses are also required to abide by the same code.
 \n\n\nFor more information\, please contact [training@sib.swiss](mailto://
 training@sib.swiss).
SUMMARY:Nextflow in Action: Build Smarter\, Faster\, Reproducible Pipelines
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20261118_NEXAC
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