Bioinformatics for Genomic Epidemiology March 2024

An introductory course on Pathogen Bioinformatics for Genomic Epidemiology

Programme

The course is a two week (10 days) programme of in-person instruction combining theoretical back with practical instruction and opporunity for hands-on practice of the skills presented.

Week 1
Day 1 (Mon) Day 2 (Tue) Day 3 (Wed) Day 4 (Thu) Day 5 (Fri)
09h00 Introduction Unix/Linux, command line, shell scripting Package management with Conda Containers Nextflow R
11h00 Tea Break
11h30 Introduction Unix/Linux, command line, shell scripting Package management with Conda Containers Nextflow R
13h00 Lunch Break
14h00 Introduction Unix/Linux, command line, shell scripting Package management with Conda Containers R R

Week 2
Day 6 (Mon) Day 7 (Tue) Day 8 (Wed) Day 9 (Thu) Day 10 (Fri)
09h00 R Galaxy Cholera case study Cholera case study Bioinformatics networking
11h00 Tea Break
11h30 R Galaxy Cholera case study Cholera case study Bioinformatics networking
13h00 Lunch Break
14h00 Galaxy Cholera case study Cholera case study Cholera case study Bioinformatics networking

Partners

This course is being organised by SANBI (the South African National Bioinformatics Institute) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in collaboration with Africa CDC (the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), part of the African Union (AU), CBIO (the Computational Biology Department at the University of Cape Town)