Workshop Description
This workshop will cover the basic concepts of Python programming. The course is supplemented with many hands-on exercises with emphasis given towards computational biology use cases. The following is a daily schedule:
Day 3
Slides for day 3 – Click Here
12: Error Handling
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13: Writing a Statistics Module
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14: List Comprehension
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15: Lambda Cunctions
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16: File Input and Output
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17: Finding adapter sequences in a FastQ file + continued learning
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Example: www.signalingsystems.ucla.edu/users/Simon/example.fastq
Technical Requirements
- We strongly encourage attendees to bring a laptop capable of accessing UCLA’s WiFi.
- Prior to arriving at the workshop, please download the Anaconda Distribution at https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/. Be sure that you download the Python 3.7 version. With this download you will automatically receive Spyder and Juptyer, the two software packages that will be used during the workshop.
- Workshop time is limited, so please ensure prior to arriving at the workshop that you have successfully installed all needed software on your computer (Anaconda, Spyder and Jupyter) and that it all runs correctly. Helpful instructions for these checks can be found at the “Getting Started” section of the Anaconda User Guide website https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/user-guide/getting-started/. Any issues are most likely due to incorrect installation, which is addressed in the FAQ page at https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/user-guide/faq/.
Instructor
Dr. Alex Brummer is a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Van Savage’s group through the Depts. of Biomathematics and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Alex is working with the lab software Angicart to digitally reconstruct and analyze vascular tissues from medical images spanning multiple modalities (e.g. MRI, CT, and micro-CT) to search for geometric signatures of disease and recovery. Concurrent with this, Alex is developing and testing new models for asymmetric branching in vascular networks that relate the degree or pattern of asymmetry to biological scaling exponents that encapsulate how metabolic rate, heart rate, and lifespan change with body size across species. Alex earned B.S. degrees in physics and mathematics at Oregon State University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics at the University of Arizona. Email: abrummer@ucla.edu
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Reviews
Very clear, perfect pace for beginners, great job, would highly recommend!
Thank you! It was an excellent course, teaching was perfect.
Thanks for a great workshop. You provided excellent and useful material for all types of researchers.
Workshop Details
Prerequisites: None
Length: 3 days, 3 hrs per day
Level: Introductory
Location: Collaboratory Classroom
Seats Available: 28
Winter 2020 Dates
January 8, 9, and 10, 2020
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM