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. Renaud Dessalles is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the laboratory of Biomathematics currently working on the modeling of the immune responses to antigens. His main interested consist in mathematical and computational modeling applied to biology, using mainly (but not exclusively) stochastic models. During his PhD in applied mathematics at INRA and INRIA (France), he worked on the stochastic modeling of protein production inside bacteria. Renaud’s main skills consist of the analysis of stochastic and deterministic models and the use of several computational language (Python, C++, Matlab, Julia) for simulations.
Email: dessalles@ucla.edu
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: 2 days, 2 hrs per day
Level: Introductory
Location: Collaboratory Classroom (Boyer Hall, 529)
Seats Available: 28
Winter 2019 Dates
January 29, 30, and 31, 2019
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM