Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Bioinformatics for Biologists: An Introduction to Linux, Bash Scripting, and R
This course covered: main characteristics of Linux and its use in biology, the structure of the Linux file system and use of Linux commands to navigate it, Linux commands to manipulate and interrogate biological data files, writing and executing simple shell scripts in order to automate processing of data and preparation of biological data files for exporting into other environments such as R for analysis and visualisation.
3 weeks, 5 hours per week
Dr Treasa Creavin
Scientific Programme Manager
Wellcome Connecting Science
Martin Aslett
IT Manager
Wellcome Connecting Science
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify main characteristics of Linux and its use in biology
- Describe the structure of a Linux file system
- Use Linux commands to navigate the file system
- Perform Linux commands to manipulate and interrogate biological data files
- Prepare biological data files under Linux for exporting into other environments such as R
- Write and execute simple shell scripts in order to automate processing of data
Syllabus
- What is Linux? Why Linux for biologists?
- The Linux file system and navigating around it via the command line
- Manipulation and searching of data files using the command line to access useful biological data
- The basics of writing Bash scripts and its use for process automation
- Guidelines and recommendations for best practice preparation of data files under Linux for exporting to other environments (use of R for further analysis and visualisation)
- Exercising on biological data using different case scenarios
Issued on 23rd February 2021
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