Python Introductory Course Series

Joe Wu, PhD
NCI CCR Bioinformatics Training and Education Program
ncibtep@nih.gov

Overview of course

• This course will be composed of for classes.
• Each class will be followed by a 1 hour virtual help session where participants can work through some practice problems and ask questions.
• Participants will learn sufficient material to start using Python on their own data and continue to learn more advanced Python programming.

What is Python and why use it?

• General purpose scripting language
  • Facilitates reuse and reproducibility
• Can be used to analyze large datasets
• Extensive external packages that can be used for
  • Data wrangling
  • Data visualization
  • Single cell RNA sequencing analysis
  • Working with biological sequences
  • Interfacing with bioinformatics databases (Biopython)
• Strong support community
• Easy to learn