Bioinformatics Workshop @WashU

When

January 6-8, 2015

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Where

Farrell Learning and Teaching Center

Holden Auditorium

Why

The goal of this workshop is to introduce students to computing skills that will allow more productive and reproducible results when analyzing biological datasets.

Who

This three-day workshop is designed for graduate students in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in Saint Louis.

Before you come

For Mac users

The default shell in all versions of Mac OS X is bash, so no need to install anything. You access bash from the Terminal (found in /Applications/Utilities). You may want to keep Terminal in your dock for this bootcamp.


Cyberduck is a secure file transfer client and will allow you to transfer files to and from a remote computer. To install Cyberduck, download the Cyberduck installer, double-click the downloaded file to unzip, and move the Cyberduck file to the Applications folder.


For Windows users

PuTTY is a secure shell client and will allow you access to a command-line environment for the course. To install PuTTY, download the PuTTY installer, double-click the downloaded file, and follow the installation wizard.


Cyberduck is a secure file transfer client and will allow you to transfer files to and from a remote computer. To install Cyberduck, download the Cyberduck installer, double-click the downloaded file, and follow the installation wizard.

Etherpad

Chat with instructors, helpers, and each other here!

Instructors and Helpers

Instructors

Molly Gibson is a graduate student in the Computational & Systems Biology program in the lab of Gautam Dantas and is an instructor with Software Carpentry.
Nicole Rockweiler is a graduate student in the Computational & Systems Biology program in the lab of Ting Wang.

Helpers

Drew Hughes is a graduate student in the Molecular Genetics and Genomics program in the lab of Joe Corbo.
Hemangi Chaudhari is a graduate student in the Computational & Systems Biology program in the lab of Barak Cohen.
GiNell Elliott is a graduate student in the Computational & Systems Biology program in the lab of Ting Wang.
Chris Fiore is a graduate student in the Computational and Systems Biology program, working in the lab of Barak Cohen.
Mitch Pesesky is a graduate student in the Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis program in the lab of Gautam Dantas.