ELIXIR Estonia’s December Highlights
December was a month of collaboration and significant achievements for ELIXIR Estonia.
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Introduction to statistics with R - 18.02.2025 and 25.02.2025 - Registration OPEN
This is a 2-day workshop for biologists needing to perform statistical analyses using R.
Python for beginners - 11.02.2025 - Registration OPEN
The “Python for Beginners” course introduces Python programming, designed for those with little to no prior experience. Upon completion, students will have a firm grasp of Python fundamentals and be equipped with the skills to start their journey in Python programming.
Crash Course in Data Management - 06.02.2025 - Registration OPEN
Data management is an essential part of scientific research and is crucial for maximizing the value of data. Crash course in Data Management is an introductory course that equips researchers with the necessary skills for effective organization and management of research data. Participants will gain knowledge of best practices in data documentation, backup, and sharing. We will go through exercises and assignments to reinforce new knowledge.
Italy: BioExcel Summer School on Biomolecular Simulations 2025
The annual flagship event provides a comprehensive combination of lectures and tutorial sessions on biomolecular modeling and simulations using modern applications and tools. The BioExcel School is intended primarily for PhD and post-doctoral researchers using or planning to use biomolecular modeling and simulation in their everyday research.
Registration closes: 14th February 2025
Dates: 8 – 13 June 2025
Webinar: Extrae and Paraver: Profiling Weather and Climate Applications
The course consists of a theoretical part and hands-on labs for participants to practice how to analyze an Extrae trace with Paraver. We will use a climate application as a demonstration, focusing on typical problems arising to numerical models and computational fluid dynamic applications.
Date: 27 Jan 2025
Webinar: Safeguarding Sensitive Information and Elevating Data Security
This workshop is ideal for anyone working with human data who wants to actively learn and develop skills in RDM and sensitive data handling.
Date: 23rd & 24th January, 2025
Webinar: Vistle Part I: An Introduction to Immersive Visualizations of Large-Scale Scientific Data
This one-hour webinar introduces the visualization tool Vistle, which is used to create augmented reality/virtual reality visualizations of large-scale scientific datasets. It presents Vistle’s remote rendering functionality and how Vistle is being ported to GPUs as part of the CEEC project to enable visualization for exascale datasets.
Date: January 29, 2025
Course in Bern, Switzerland: Long-read Sequence Analysis
This course is addressed to anyone working with or interested in working with long-read data.
Application deadline: 19 February 2025
Date: 27 - 28 February 2025
EMBL- EBI: Introduction to metabolomics analysis
This course is aimed at researchers who are new to the field of metabolomics and wish to learn about the process of conducting a metabolomics study. The course will benefit those who are planning to integrate metabolomics into their work, either moving into the field or as an investigator from other -omics. We will primarily focus on a basic introduction to metabolomics with worked examples using a predesigned LC-MS analysis workflow.
Application deadline: 02 February 2025
Date: 20 - 23 May 2025