23/09/2019 - 27/09/2019 All day

ELIXIR-IIB is pleased to announce the “International Summer School on Rare Disease Registries and FAIRification of Data“. The Course is part of a series of training activities proposed by the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP-RD) and it is organised by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità of Italy in close collaboration with the ELIXIR-IT … Continue reading International Summer School on Rare Disease Registries and FAIRification of Data

03/07/2019 - 05/07/2019 All day

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 apply what … Continue reading Software Carpentry Workshop

01/07/2019 - 05/07/2019 All day

ELIXIR-IIB is organizing a training course on Genome Assembly and Annotation, in Milan, Italy. Course Description The course will take the participants through all steps of a genome assembly and annotation project, starting with quality control, moving into genome assembly and assembly validation, and ending with structural and functional annotation. Both short and long read … Continue reading Genome Assembly and Annotation

13/06/2019 - 14/06/2019 All day

ELIXIR-IIB is organizing a training course on Docker and Reproducibility, to be held at University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Course selection will be done on a first-come first-served basis and chosen participants will be immediately notified. The course includes a fee of 60 Euros, covering 4 coffee breaks and 2 lunches. Participants are expected to … Continue reading Docker and Reproducibility

30/05/2019 - 31/05/2019 All day

ELIXIR-EXCELERATE, in collaboration with ELIXIR-IIB, is pleased to announce a Train the Trainer (TtT) event Description The course is made up of four sessions, covering: Learning principles and how they apply to training and teaching Teaching techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation Assessment and feedback in training and teaching Lesson, … Continue reading ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Train the Trainer

07/05/2019 - 10/05/2019 All day

Single-Cell Transcriptomics is improving the quality of biological investigations by enhancing the dissection of heterogeneity in complex tissues and cell cultures. This 3-day course aims to provide an overview of a complete Single-Cell RNA sequencing workflow: A theoretical overview of all existing methods to perform Single-Cell RNA sequencing libraries with a focus on individual features … Continue reading Single Cell RNA Sequencing and Data Analysis

30/03/2019 - 06/04/2019 All day

The objective of this EMBO Practical Course is to give an overview of state of the art methods in population genomics combining lecturing from outstanding experienced population geneticists and software developers. After attending the course participants will be aware of up-to-date concepts in population genetics, capable of running analyses using software based on whole genome … Continue reading EMBO Practical Course on “Population Genomics: background and tools”

14/02/2019 - 15/02/2019 All day

Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged … Continue reading Data Carpentry Workshop

11/02/2019 - 12/02/2019 All day

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 apply what … Continue reading Software Carpentry Workshop

22/10/2018 All day

The “ELIXIR Training Platform” is partnering with The Carpentries (Software and Data Carpentry) to train life science researchers in computing and data management skills. The “ELIXIR Software development best practices” group, which is part of the ELIXIR Tools Platform, has proposed “Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software” aiming to help researchers … Continue reading Nettab Satellite event: Adopting Open Source Software FAIR Practices