Category: Python

R and Python workshops – Fall 2022

Summary Check the Calendar listing for data analysis workshops links and registration forms. Below are workshop dates for SSCC, Madison chapter of Software Carpentry, and Steenbock Library series. Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC) The table below shows only the R and Python courses. See complete listing at https://sscc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/  Title Date Time Instructor Introduction to Python …

w3schools code tutorials

w3schools: Learn to Code On the w3schools site I was surprised to find a lot more than informational tutorial for Web coding such as CSS or PHP.  The site offers a large number of well organized,  self-paced tutorials on a much larger scale. Coding languages Here are a few that I find particularly useful to …

Learn X in Y minutes

Learn X in Y minutes In the past we had “flash cards” to memorize and review materials. This site Learn X in Y minutes has one-page reminders that can be used to re-learn material or get some idea of what the subject is about. For example I wrote a series of 4 posts titled  Do …

AlphaFold – How to interpret structures

3D Protein structure prediction (4) This YouTube video from the European Bioinformatics Institute – EMBL-EBI webinar was recorded on 08 September 2021 This webinar will introduce AlphaFold system for prediction and interpretation of protein structures. This webinar is designed for experimental biologists who wish to understand the strengths and limitations of AlphaFold and use the …

AlphaFold – run from ChimeraX

The new ChimeraX menu "Tools > Structure Prediction > AlphaFold" provides a simple interface to run AlphaFold2 Colab that does not require the user to know how to use a Jupyter Notebook.

AlphaFold code

DeepMind and Google have created a method to access the code on GitHub. All the details to install AlphaFold locally are on the "readme" page, visible on the lower portion of the GitHub page ColabFold (See my Blog: Google colab is a free cloud notebook environment).

R & Python workshops – Winter 2022

Summary (Free) Steenbock Library: R and python series (Free) SSCC (Social Science Computing Cooperative): SSCC Training Classes (low cost for UW) Software Carpentry: Software Carpentry @ UW–Madison Low cost registration ends January 5, 2022 See also the general Calendar listing . Library workshops Note: these workshops fill-in fast… Individual workshop descriptions and instructors list. Registration required.  …

R and Python workshops – Fall 2021

Summary Check the Calendar listing for data analysis workshops links and registration forms. Steenbock and SSCC workshops Library workshops Note: these workshops fill-in fast… Individual workshop descriptions and instructors list. Please email Heather Shimon, heather.shimon@wisc.edu with questions or to be added to our email list for updates. Registration required.  Registration is by workshop, not for the …

Google colab is a free cloud notebook environment

Introduction Google Colab is a  free cloud-based service that allows the execution of Python code using the Jupyter Notebook format. It is possible to use and install new python libraries. Furthermore it is possible to provide bash commands from the notebook and there are backdoor ways to even use R. The Python code uses only …

Data Analysis Workshops Winter 2021

SUMMARY: Check calendar for Free "R" and "Python" workshops (Steenbock Library.) "Introduction to R with RStudio," "Data Wrangling in R" (SSCC - Social Science Computing Cooperative.) "Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell," "Data Management with SQL," "R: introduction / visualization / reports" (Software Carpentry through UW-Madison Data Science (fees apply).)