TeSS: How can I help?

This session is dedicated to introducing the use of TeSS (Training eSupport System), a platform to promote training events, and contribute to a growing catalogue of materials. The training is intended for anyone who organises events (courses, seminars, hackathons, etc.) and creates materials and who wants to contribute to the platform and improve the impact of their training materials.
 

Research Data Management: your ally on the way to your publication

In this course, you will be guided how to use the different facets of research data management in order to improve the writing of your publications and potentially increase its impact.

 

Nextflow for reproducible and automated data analysis

You will learn how to use Nextflow for building scalable and reproducible bioinformatics pipelines and running them on a personal computer, cluster and cloud. Starting from the basic concepts we will build our own simple pipeline and add new features with every step, all in the new DSL2 language.

 

Objectives

 

Docker and Singularity (Apptainer) for reproducible and automated data analysis

The course will give an introduction to containers (Docker & Singularity) which are great components to achieve portability and reproducibility of your analysis. You will learn how to use containers and how to build a container from scratch, share it with others and how to re-use and modify existing containers. After an extensive explanation on Docker containers, Singularity will be highlighted as well.

 

Introduction to Git & GitHub

This workshop will take you through the basic use of Git and GitHub. Git is a free and open source distributed version-control system designed to maintain code, track changes, recover old versions and collaborate with other developers.
 

  • 30 March 2023

ELIXIR Belgium is Hiring!

With the success of our recent FWO International Research Infrastructure proposal  for 2023-2026, ELIXIR Belgium is in the process of an expansion!

ELIXIR Belgium: Your data, Our services, European success

23-24 October 2023
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Gent

At this year's ELIXIR national meeting, we will showcase the variety of services in our portfolio with scientists illustrating how the services facilitate their research. The connection with existing European initiatives, both in ELIXIR and other research infrastructures, will also be demonstrated. In this way, we will give a comprehensive overview of our activities and their integration in the broader European context.

Bulk RNASeq: from counts to differential expression

The course consists of introductory online material (e-learning) on counting and two face-to-face sessions on differential expression analysis in R and all the questions that arise when trying the analysis on your own data.

 

The course will show:

Introduction to Git & GitHub

This workshop will take you through the basic use of Git and GitHub. Git is a free and open source distributed version-control system designed to maintain code, track changes, recover old versions and collaborate with other developers.
 

Galaxy Admin workshop

The Galaxy Admin workshop will cover introductory and advanced topics you need to know to set up your own production, high-performance and multi-user Galaxy instance. Sessions will be intensive and hands-on, and taught by experienced instructors from the Galaxy Community. Participants will learn how to install, configure, customise, and extend their own Galaxy servers.