Getting started with command line bioinformatics
Channel: Australian BioCommons
Date: 2021-06-23

Bioinformatics skills are in demand like never before and biologists are stepping up to the challenge of learning to analyse large and ever growing datasets. Learning how to use the command line can open up many options for data analysis but getting started can be a little daunting for those without a background in computer science.

Parice Brandies and Carolyn Hogg have recently put together ten simple rules for getting started with command-line bioinformatics to help biologists begin their computational journeys (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008645). In this webinar Parice walks you through their hints and tips for getting started with the command line. She covers topics like learning tech speak, evaluating your data and workflows, assessing computational requirements, computing options, the basics of software installation, curating and testing scripts, a bit of bash and keeping good records. The webinar is followed by a short Q&A session.

This webinar is for aspiring bioinformaticians and command line users from a variety of biological fields.

Presenter: Parice Brandies, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney

The slides from this webinar are available in Zenodo as a PDF download:
https://zenodo.org/record/5068997

This webinar was recorded on 22 June 2021

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