Course: Practical Computing for Biologists II

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Course title Practical Computing for Biologists II
Course code KMB/939
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Tolar Nikolas, Mgr.
  • Nguyen Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course presents the basic computing tools needed to build automated and reproducible pipelines for biological data analysis, visualization and publication.

Prerequisites
Lectures and practicals cover the following topics: 1) Introducing the Shell, basic commands 2) Files and directories 3) Pipes and filters 4) Loops 5) Shell scripts 6) Finding things 7) Introduction to Python, Variables, Logical operations 8) Basic data types, casting, flow control 9) Data import and export, Functions 10) Collection data types, exception handling 11) File handling and Modules 12) Real-life python usage in Bioinformatics, Biopython

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Allesina S, Wilmes M (2019) Computing Skills for Biologists ? A Toolbox. Princeton University Press.
  • David M. Beazley, Python Cookbook. O'Reilly Media (2013).
  • Haddock SHD, Dunn CW (2010) Practical Computing for Biologists. Sinauer Associates https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/.


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