Computational Biology & Modeling Systems Workshops

Integrating Computer Science and Life Sciences

The intersection of computer science and biology has grown rapidly in the past decade and has led to innovative strides in research, both in the fields of bioinformatics and mathematical modeling. The computation biology workshops led by SBI will fit a wide range of audience experience, from those who are just getting started in the field to those who have worked in computational biology research.

Throughout the year, we will focus on genomic analysis, especially pertaining to the analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing, a novel sequencing technique that allows for researchers to look at the genomic profiles of each individual cell. Additionally, these analyses can be combined with physical concepts to allow us to create mathematical models and to allow us to look at biological data from a more mathematical perspective. Workshops will be held in a variety of computer science languages, from MATLAB to Python, and will also help audience members understand how to use the command line and set up virtual environments on their personal devices to run and analyze big biological datasets in a efficient manner. These workshops will help form a firm foundation of computer science and data knowledge to pursue and understand other computational biology projects.

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