Prenomics

Learn the basics of command-line programming.
Register using the online form

Prenomics teaches the basics of command-line programming, including:

The next online Prenomics workshop will take place on the 6-7 December 2023.

Target audience

  • Learners who are intending to do bioinformatics but do not have any prior experience.
  • PhD Students & Researchers
  • Learners who wish to complete the Genomics Course

Registration

There are 30 places available for this online workshop, please register using the online form. This course is free of charge.

Pre-requisites

Knowledge: To ensure that you would benefit from participating in this course please complete the short self-assessment quiz self-assessment quiz. This course assumes no prior experience with the tools covered in the workshop however learners are expected to have some familiarity with biological concepts, including the concept of genomic variation within a population.

Software: view the required software set-up.

Programme

Wednesday 6 December 2023 10:00 - 12:30 Session 1 - Project management for cloud genomics
• Intro to local and remote files, hierarchical structure of files and folders
• Intro to the files which will be used in the Genomics course
• Logging onto the Cloud
• Introducing the Shell.
Thursday 7 December 2023 10:00 - 12:30 Session 2 - Using the command line
• Navigating Files and Directories
• Working with Files and Directories
• Redirection

Learning outcomes

Following completion of this course, learners will be able to

  • explain the hierarchical structure of a file system
  • understand the structure of the file system on their own machine
  • find, create, move and delete folders and files on their machine
  • explain what is meant by a working directory, a path and a relative path
  • write down paths that they will need for the Prenomics and Genomics courses
  • describe the files and file structure used in Prenomics and Genomics courses
  • start a Terminal (Mac) or Git Bash Terminal (Windows)
  • navigate a file system using the command line
  • log in to and exit their AWS instance (the cloud)
  • use common commands such as ls, pwd and cd, on the command line

Scholarships

We offer scholarships to enable members of underrepresented groups and those with financial difficulties to participate in our training courses.

The scholarship scheme can cover approximately £150 per application, for costs such as:

  • childcare
  • accessibility needs
  • other costs that might otherwise prevent participation
  • second monitors and headsets.

To request a scholarship please indicate this in the registration form, before 12 noon on Wednesday, 29 November 2023. Submissions after this date will not be considered. We will contact you by Friday 1st December to confirm whether you have been awarded a scholarship.