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Bioinformatics: Programming in Python BINP16

7,5 credits

Students doing computer exercises. Photo.

This hands on course will give you experience and knowledge of programming in general and in Python in particular. The focus is especially on applications in bioinformatics, and the working environment is Linux. The course will develop your skills in Python but also in Bash and CGI (Common Gateway Interface).

Areas covered during the course are:

  • Computer hardware and software
  • Mathematical functions, methods and operators
  • Functions, methods and operators for strings and regular expressions
  • Conditional statements
  • Lists, tuples, sets and dictionaries. Iteration methods and functions
  • I/O (input/output)
  • Functions
  • Modules
  • Classes and objects

You will, during the course, hand in solutions to a number of problems, and the course ends with an exam.

 

Autumn period 1b

Full-time, on campus, in English

Application

You will find information about application, prerequisites and the syllabus at Lund University's central web pages.

Course literature, 2023

Python Programming for Biology: Bioinformatics and Beyond 1st Edition (2015) Stevens T.J., Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521720090. Available for free download as an iBook at the University Library.

Schedule

The latest schedule for the course Bioinformatics: Programming in Python in the schedule software TimeEdit.

Evaluation

You will find the latest evaluation on our web page with course evaluations.

Questions?

Lotta Persmark, Study advisor, biology and bioinformatics

Telephone: +46 46 222 37 28
EmailLotta [dot] Persmark [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotta[dot]Persmark[at]biol[dot]lu[dot]se)