[BioPython] online Python course for Bioinformatics

[Katja Schuerer]

Hi,

We have just finished to taught a Python course for Bioinformatics and we have
+thought
that the online support
+(<URL:http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/sis/formation/python/>)
could be useful to others.

This course is designed for Biologists who already have some programming
knowledge, in other languages such as perl or C. For this reason,
while presenting a substantial introduction to the Python language, it does
not constitute an introduction to programming itself.
What distinguishes this course from general Python introductory courses,
is however the important focus on biological examples that are used throughout
the course, as well as the suggested exercises drawn from the field of Biology.
The second half of the course describes the Biopython
(http://www.biopython.org/) set of modules. This course can be considered a
complement to the Biopython tutorial, and what's more often refers to it,
by bringing practical exercises using these components.

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Katja Schuerer <schuerer@pasteur.fr>
Catherine Letondal <letondal@pasteur.fr>