Introduction to Python for Bioinformatics

May 12, 2025, 2 p.m. - May 16, 2025, 5 p.m.

Organizer -

Bioinformatics Core

Contact -

UC Davis Bioinformatics Core, training.bioinformatics@ucdavis.edu

A preliminary agenda for the week includes:

Monday: Intro to VSCode, programming concepts, variables & data types, operators
Tuesday: Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, flow control
Wednesday: Functions, Scope, Algorithms
Thursday: Intro to Python Bioinformatics packages/modules, biopython, pysam
Friday: Writing simple bioinformatics tools