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Course at EMBL-EBI: Summer school in bioinformatics

European Bioinformatics Institute United Kingdom in association with Elixir Estonia are organising summer school in bioinformatics. This course provides an introduction to the use of bioinformatics in biological research, giving you guidance for using bioinformatics in your work whilst also providing hands-on training in tools and resources appropriate to your research.

Applicants are expected to be at an early stage of using bioinformatics in their research with the need to develop their knowledge and skills further. No previous knowledge of programming is required for this course.

Applications close: 25 February 2024

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Genoomika taristu arengusuundadest Euroopas ja Eestis

Presentation about the directions of Genomic Infrastructure in Europe and Estonia by Hedi Peterson. The presentation took place at the annual conference of Estonian Human Genetics Association in Rakvere, October 19th, 2023.

Andmekaitse ja infoturve teadustöös/Data protection in research

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Avatud teadus Eestis kutsub avatud juurdepääsu nädalal (23-27.10) teadlasi, doktorante, teadusadministraatoreid, raamatukoguhoidjaid ja teisi huvilisi veebiseminarile: „Andmekaitse ja infoturve teadustöös“. Üritus toimub 25.10. kell 13.00-14.30 Zoomi keskkonnas.
Veebiseminaril on kolm ettekannet, millest kaks on eesti keelsed ning üks inglise keelne.
Veebiseminaril tutvustatakse juhendit „Andmekaitse teadustöös“ (Marten Juurik, ETAG/TÜ), infoturvet ning selle seost teadustööga (Toomas Lepik, TalTech) ja anonümiseerimistööriista Amnesia (Manolis Terrovitis, OpenAIRE – inglise keeles algusega kell 14.00).

registreeri: https://ut-ee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfu2uqD0uHNEbGMM6wOZxryLRiITOMaio#/registration

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During the Open Access Week (23-27.10), Open Science in Estonia invites researchers, doctoral students, research administrators, librarians, and other interested parties to a webinar „Data protection in Research“. The event will take place on 25.10. from 13:00 to 14:30 in the Zoom environment. The webinar will feature three presentations, two of which will be in Estonian, and one in English. The presentations will cover the following topics: Introduction to the "Data Protection in Research" guide (Marten Juurik, ETAG/UT), information security and its relevance to research (Toomas Lepik, TalTech) and introduction to the anonymization tool, Amnesia (Manolis Terrovitis, OpenAIRE – starting at 14:00 in English). Event will be recorded and shared through UT DSpace.

Register: https://ut-ee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfu2uqD0uHNEbGMM6wOZxryLRiITOMaio#/registration

Autumn semester ELIXIR courses

ELIXIR Estonia is continuing with the data management-related lectures and workshops this semester. To get more information about these courses, read below and visit https://elixir.ut.ee/training.  

 

We ask you to register responsibly. If you can't attend the lecture, please let us know as soon as possible via email (elixir@ut.ee).

 

How to make your messy data usable? / OpenRefine - 30.11.2023

  • Time: 30.11.2023 13:00-17:00
  • Type: Workshop
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 4h
  • Location: Delta building, Narva mnt 18 room 1008, Tartu
  • Audience: People, who need to clean messy data
  • Instructor: Diana Pilvar, MSc

The practical workshop on cleaning your messy data with OpenRefine software.

First, we will cover spreadsheet best practices. Then, we will put that knowledge into practice with OpenRefine. This course will explore the depths of OpenRefine software and see what it can offer. This will include cleaning the data in bigger batches and unifying the data in one sweep (transforms and expressions). Additionally, we will introduce the possibility of downloading additional data from other databases and different extensions OpenRefine software has.

Learning outcomes for the participants: 

  • Describe spreadsheet best practices
  • Compare Excel and OpenRefine
  • Apply transforms (cell editing, column editing, transposing) in OpenRefine
  • Write simple expressions in OpenRefine
  • Match your dataset with that of an external source 

We ask you to register responsibly. If you can't attend the lecture, please let us know as soon as possible via email (elixir@ut.ee).

In order to not miss out on a course next time, subscribe to our newsletter at  https://lists.ut.ee/wws/subscribe/elixir.news?previous_action=edit_list_request
Applications are accepted manually within a few days. 

Version Control with Git - RStudio - 5.12.2023 - registration open

  • Time: 5.12.2023 11:00-16:00 
  • Type: Workshop
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 5h
  • Location: Delta building, Narva mnt 18 room 2005, Tartu
  • Audience: Everyone who needs versioning
  • Instructor: Priit Adler, PhD

Version control serves as the digital equivalent of a lab notebook. It is employed by professionals to monitor their progress and collaborate effectively. Its utility extends beyond software development; it can be used for books, papers, small datasets, or any evolving content that requires sharing.

Git is a globally adopted tool that helps developers manage changes in collaborative projects. Keeping a record of changes, complete with timestamps and explanations, becomes exceptionally valuable when returning to a project in the future, like a year later when recollection may be unclear.
 

Learning outcomes for the participants: 

  • Describe the importance of version control
  • Create a repository in Git
  • Track changes and collaborate in Git
  • Solve conflicts in Git

We ask you to register responsibly. If you can't attend the lecture, please let us know as soon as possible via email (elixir@ut.ee).

 

Register: https://forms.gle/QnPtaoWXJevLnhJi8

In order to not miss out on a course next time, subscribe to our newsletter at  https://lists.ut.ee/wws/subscribe/elixir.news?previous_action=edit_list_request
Applications are accepted manually within a few days. 

Visualisation with RStudio - 14.11.2023

  • Time:  14.11.2023 9:00-12:00
  • Type: Workshop
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 3h
  • Location: Delta building, Narva mnt 18 room 2005, Tartu
  • Audience: students, researchers
  • Instructor: Priit Adler, PhD

“Visualisation with RStudio” will be a follow-up to “RStudio Basic” workshop and “Data visualisation” webinar. We will do data visualisation using ggplot2 package. ggplot2 is a widely-used data visualization package in R, designed to create visually appealing and highly customizable graphics.

Learning outcomes for the participants: 

  • Create insightful data visualisations and customize aesthetics using RStudio
  • Uncover patterns, relationships, and anomalies within datasets

 

We ask you to register responsibly. If you can't attend the lecture, please let us know as soon as possible via email (elixir@ut.ee).

Course is full.

 

In order to not miss out on a course next time, subscribe to our newsletter at  https://lists.ut.ee/wws/subscribe/elixir.news?previous_action=edit_list_request
Applications are accepted manually within a few days. 

Andmehaldus 101 - 12.10.2023

  • Aeg: 12.10.2023 9:30-12:30
  • Tüüp:  zoom (link saadetakse mõned päevad enne koolitust)
  • Keel: Eesti keel 
  • Kestus: 3h
  • Asukoht: online
  • Sihtgrupp: Kõik, kellel on andmed
  • Lektor: Diana Pilvar, MSc

Andmehaldus on oluline osa teadustööst ja on hädavajalik andmetest maksimumi saamiseks. 

Andmehalduses 101 on sissejuhatav online-kursus, mis varustab teadlasi vajalike oskustega uurimisandmete tõhusaks organiseerimiseks ja haldamiseks.  Osalejad saavad teadmisi parimatest praktikatest andmete dokumenteerimise, varundamise ja  jagamise kohta. Teeme läbi harjutusi ning ülesandeid uute teadmiste kinnistamiseks.

Õpitulemused:

  • Rakendada parimaid tavasid failide nimetamisel ja kaustade struktureerimisel
  • Valida ja rakendada asjakohaseid ontoloogiaid ja metaandmete standardeid
  • Kirjeldada andmete salvestamise ja varundamise strateegiaid
  • Valida õige litsents oma andmetele/avaldatud tulemustele

Palume teil registreeruda vastutustundlikult. Kui te ei saa loengule osaleda, palun teavitage meid võimalikult kiiresti e-posti teel (elixir@ut.ee).

 

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