Courses

Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2020 (IBT)

Module: Module 4: Multiple Sequence Alignment
Material type: Assignments , Exercises , Lecture notes , Slides , Tutorial , Videos
Course Level: Beginner
Submitted by Dr Verena Ras - October 2, 2025, 1:17 pm
Year created: 2018
Year latest update: 2018

Description:
The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources.

Note: This is the archive…

Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2020 (IBT)

Module: Module 3: Sequence Alignment
Material type: Assignments , Exercises , Lecture notes , Slides , Tutorial , Videos
Course Level: Beginner
Submitted by Dr Verena Ras - October 2, 2025, 1:16 pm
Year created: 2020
Year latest update: 2020

Description:
The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources.

Note: This is the archive…

Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2020 (IBT)

Module: Module 2: Linux
Material type: Assignments , Exercises , Lecture notes , Slides , Tutorial , Videos
Course Level: Beginner
Submitted by Dr Verena Ras - October 2, 2025, 1:13 pm
Year created: 2020
Year latest update: 2018

Description:
The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources.

Note: This is the archive…

Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2020 (IBT)

Module: Module 1: Databases and Resources
Material type: Assignments , Lecture notes , Slides , Tutorial , Videos
Course Level: Beginner
Submitted by Dr Verena Ras - October 2, 2025, 1:11 pm
Year created: 2020
Year latest update: 2020

Description:
The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources.

Note: This is the archive…

Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2020 (IBT)

Module: Introduction Week
Material type: Assignments , Slides , Tutorial , Videos
Course Level: Beginner
Submitted by Dr Verena Ras - October 2, 2025, 1:07 pm
Year created: 2020
Year latest update: 2019

Description:
The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources.

Note: This is the archive for…

UCT CBIO Software Carpentry Workshop March 2022

Description:
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover an introduction to The Shell, Python and R. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

Virtual Software Carpentry Workshop, NGS Academy 2021

Description:
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to…

Ensembl Genome Browser Workshop May 2019

Description:
The Ensembl project at www.ensembl.org provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of mainly vertebrate genome sequences. This 1-day workshop offers participants the possibility of gaining hands-on experience in the use of the Ensembl genome browser but also provides them with the necessary background information. Our sister…

Bioschemas Workshop Cape Town May_2019

Description:
Various data intensive initiatives are taking place in South Africa that will involve in the storing and describing of genomics data in various platforms. The utility of data for research and reuse is how well structured and described the data and meta-data records are as this contributes towards making data FAIR. Bioschemas (https://bioschemas.…

Bioinformatics analysis and annotation of variants in NGS data

Description:
This workshop provides an introduction to the computational analyses of NGS data from pre-processing to the identification and annotation of genomic variants and the functional effects of those variants, as well as the use of pharmocogenomic databases.

Prerequisites
Participants are encouraged to work through the following…