Courses

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…

Genome Wide Association Studies, Quality Control and Family based analysis

Description:
The post-genomic era has been characterized by the rapid advance of genotyping technology resulting in a wealth of new, high-quality data that may hold promise for the further elucidation of genetic factors underlying complex disease. Without the proper tools and methods, the ultimate utility of such rich data may be limited in scope as the field…

H3ABioNet Data Support Workshop - 8th H3Africa Meeting

Description:
This interactive workshop will provide an overview of data management, analysis and submission for H3Africa projects. It also provides an opportunity for Data Support Working Group members, who represent the H3Africa projects to engage with H3ABioNet and discuss their needs.

H3ABioNet Data Management Workshop June 3 - 6, 2014, Cape Town

Description:
The goal of the H3ABioNet Data Management workshop is to prepare H3Africa researchers for management of their data, including knowing what data to collect, what file formats, etc. to use. The course will present options for setting up and storing patient data, discuss the EGA requirements to ensure the researchers collect all the necessary data,…

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…

Medical population genetics and GWAS for complex diseases 19th April - 24th April, 2015

Description:
The workshop was split into two tracks:

1) An introductory track that will cover fundamental assumptions, showcase recent successes and discuss limitations of current GWAS approaches in the field of complex diseases, particularly in the case of African populations with known low linkage disequilibrium (LD). It will also provide a ‘…

NMIMR H3ABioNet Intermediate Bioinformatics Workshop 7th to 11th July, 2014

Description:
This Intermediate Bioinformatics Workshop will strengthen and expand on some relevant tools in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. It will also serve as a refresher for trainees of the previous workshop enabling a better integration of Bioinformatics into their on-going research and teaching. This workshop will prepare participants…