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Introduction to Python: Sequence-to-Function Analysis for RNA

Start
7 Apr 2025
End
14 Apr 2025
Schedule
2 sessions
#1.
7 Apr 2025, 12:00 PM 4:00 PM (EDT)
#2.
14 Apr 2025, 12:00 PM 4:00 PM (EDT)
Location
Online
Spaces left
4

Registration

Non-trainee member – $60.00
RNA Canada member who is not a student or post-doc
Non-trainee non-member – $140.00
Individual who is not a student or post-doc and who is not an RNA Canada member
Trainee member – $50.00
RNA Canada member who is an undergraduate student, graduate student or post-doc
Trainee non-member – $120.00
Undergraduate student, graduate student or post-doc who is not an RNA Canada member

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Introduction to Python: Sequence-to-Function Analysis for RNA

Audience: RNA biologists yearning for a “gateway” to bioinformatics.

Pre-requisites: No formal training in bioinformatics is required. While it may be beneficial to have some exposure to basic programming concepts (variables, lists, strings, etc.) and familiarity with online bioinformatics tools, this is not necessary.

Delivery: Online (live demos with Jupyter notebooks, breakout rooms, practical exercises, Q&A)

Description: The central dogma of molecular biology specifies how 'information' flows between polymers that 'encode' information. The aim of this workshop is to show how molecular biology can be 'recast' into an 'information-centric' framework, and for participants to develop essential Python skills for bioinformatics. Here, we aim to re-contextualize many of the code concepts in RNA biology into an 'informatic' framework. This is the essence of bioinformatics.