We offer in-person and online training courses on bioinformatics topics like long-read data, single cell RNA-seq data analysis, Linux, R and Python programming. These ELIXIR-UK recognised courses provide researchers with the skills and knowledge needed to plan and execute their genomics experiments, as well as to analyse and interpret the resulting data.

Our face-to-face courses take place at the King’s Buildings campus, and our online courses are run via the Blackboard Collaborate platform providing the same level of interaction with instructors, with the same great learning material. Onsite and online courses are run on cloud-based virtual machines. Please check the location of your course before booking.

If you don’t see the course you are interested online in please register your interest in one and we will get back to you as soon as a new course goes live. Have questions about your course or about sign-ups? Please visit our FAQ page or send us an email.

ELIXIRUK

Our bioinformatics training programme has been recognised as a nationally-important training resource by ELIXIR-UK.

We also offer Genomics lab training on Illumina, Oxford Nanopore and PacBio library preparations.  See our “Upcoming Workshops” area below for any current laboratory training courses.

As members of the Ed-DASH team, we deliver an updated version of our Snakemake training course. See more about Ed-DASH on its website https://edcarp.github.io/Ed-DaSH/index.html with a list of workshops you can sign up for here https://edcarp.github.io/Ed-DaSH/workshops.html.

Registration and Payment Information

For all OPEN workshops, you can register now. Please go to the workshop page for full details. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email and a request for payment from our finance team. Once payment has been received, your place will be confirmed and full details will be sent to you. 

For any questions regarding our training activities which are not answered on our FAQ page, please contact our training team (edge-training@ed.ac.uk).

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Training Feedback

testimonials from our training workshop students

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“Introduction to Python for Biologists” Student, February 2016

“Great learning from someone with a biology background rather than computer science – meant we were on the same wavelength.”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, May 2017

“I really enjoyed the workshop and I thought it was extremely well organised and taught.”

“Advanced Python for Biologists” Student, July 2016

“I also liked the fact that Martin spent a good amount of one on one time talking to people helping explain specific concepts and giving people advice on their personal academic projects.”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, November 2021

“I thought it would be painful but it was actually fun!! #linux course. Thanks Tim & Nathan”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, November 2014

“Loved it! I’m now itching to get my hands on my RNA-seq data and analyse it myself.”

“R for Biologists” Student, April 2022

“Really enjoyed the last few days of the “R for biologists course” of @edgenome. Thanks @nathcmedd  for the great introduction! Can highly recommend to anyone who wants to have a first try with R”

“R for Biologists” Student, August 2022

“Thanks to brilliant @Nathcmedd for transforming me from completely clueless to vaguely competent in just 3 days! 100% recommend for anyone looking to get into coding!”

“Advanced Python for Biologists” Student, August 2015

“Just what I needed to start writing more complex code.”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, May 2016

“Having never used Linux before I came away with a working knowledge of the command-line and the confidence to use it.”

“Introduction to Long-read Bioinformatics” Student, May 2021

“Fantastic long reads bioinformatics workshop from @edgenome, superbly setup, good mix of theory and hands-on with @nanopore data. Also @urmi208 is a brilliant instructor, effortlessly handling a very mixed skills bunch of people – and all that, online, hats off!”

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“Great learning from someone with a biology background rather than computer science – meant we were on the same wavelength.”

“Introduction to Python for Biologists” Student, February 2016

“I really enjoyed the workshop and I thought it was extremely well organised and taught.”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, May 2017

“Having never used Linux before I came away with a working knowledge of the command-line and the confidence to use it.”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, May 2016

“Fantastic long reads bioinformatics workshop from @edgenome, superbly setup, good mix of theory and hands-on with @nanopore data. Also @urmi208 is a brilliant instructor, effortlessly handling a very mixed skills bunch of people – and all that, online, hats off!”

“Introduction to Long-read Bioinformatics” Student, May 2021

“I also liked the fact that Martin spent a good amount of one on one time talking to people helping explain specific concepts and giving people advice on their personal academic projects.”

“Advanced Python for Biologists” Student, July 2016

“Loved it! I’m now itching to get my hands on my RNA-seq data and analyse it myself.”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, November 2014

“Just what I needed to start writing more complex code.”

“Advanced Python for Biologists” Student, August 2015

“Really enjoyed the last few days of the “R for biologists course” of @edgenome. Thanks @nathcmedd  for the great introduction! Can highly recommend to anyone who wants to have a first try with R”

“R for Biologists” Student, April 2022

“I thought it would be painful but it was actually fun!! #linux course. Thanks Tim & Nathan”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, November 2021

“Thanks to brilliant @Nathcmedd for transforming me from completely clueless to vaguely competent in just 3 days! 100% recommend for anyone looking to get into coding!”

“R for Biologists” Student, August 2022

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“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, May 2017

“I really enjoyed the workshop and I thought it was extremely well organised and taught.”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, November 2021

“I thought it would be painful but it was actually fun!! #linux course. Thanks Tim & Nathan”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, May 2016

“Having never used Linux before I came away with a working knowledge of the command-line and the confidence to use it.”

“R for Biologists” Student, August 2022

“Thanks to brilliant @Nathcmedd for transforming me from completely clueless to vaguely competent in just 3 days! 100% recommend for anyone looking to get into coding!”

“R for Biologists” Student, April 2022

“Really enjoyed the last few days of the “R for biologists course” of @edgenome. Thanks @nathcmedd  for the great introduction! Can highly recommend to anyone who wants to have a first try with R”

“Introduction to Long-read Bioinformatics” Student, May 2021

“Fantastic long reads bioinformatics workshop from @edgenome, superbly setup, good mix of theory and hands-on with @nanopore data. Also @urmi208 is a brilliant instructor, effortlessly handling a very mixed skills bunch of people – and all that, online, hats off!”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, November 2014

“Loved it! I’m now itching to get my hands on my RNA-seq data and analyse it myself.”

“Advanced Python for Biologists” Student, August 2015

“Just what I needed to start writing more complex code.”

“Introduction to Python for Biologists” Student, February 2016

“Great learning from someone with a biology background rather than computer science – meant we were on the same wavelength.”

“Introduction to Python for Biologists” Student, April 2017

“Really excellent. I learned so much and have never loved coding so much.”

 

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“Fantastic long reads bioinformatics workshop from @edgenome, superbly setup, good mix of theory and hands-on with @nanopore data. Also @urmi208 is a brilliant instructor, effortlessly handling a very mixed skills bunch of people – and all that, online, hats off!”

“Introduction to Long-read Bioinformatics” Student, May 2021

“Having never used Linux before I came away with a working knowledge of the command-line and the confidence to use it.”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, May 2016

“I thought it would be painful but it was actually fun!! #linux course. Thanks Tim & Nathan”

“Introduction to Linux for Genomics” Student, November 2021

“I really enjoyed the workshop and I thought it was extremely well organised and taught.”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, May 2017

“Loved it! I’m now itching to get my hands on my RNA-seq data and analyse it myself.”

“RNA-seq Data Analysis” Student, November 2014

“I also liked the fact that Martin spent a good amount of one on one time talking to people helping explain specific concepts and giving people advice on their personal academic projects.”

“Advanced Python for Biologists” Student, July 2016

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