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 can be found here.
12: Error Handling
Video
13: Writing a Statistics Module
Video
14: List Comprehension
Video
15: Lambda Cunctions
Video
16: File Input and Output
Video
17: Finding adapter sequences in a FastQ file + continued learning
Video
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.
- If you are bringing your own laptop, please ensure you have Python 3 installed by typing `python3` (or simply `python` on Windows) into your command-line starts a Python session. We will work preferably with Python 3. If you have any questions please email me or come on the first day up to 30 minutes before the beginning of the workshop.
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
Video
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
Fall 2019 Dates
October 8, 9, and 10, 2019
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM