Course info

Where

Sala Calcolo, 2nd floor, building CU033

When

Start: Wednesday 4th March 2026 - 9:00 - 11:00

Classes will take place on Wednesdays and Fridays as follows:

• March 2026 (9:00 - 11:00): 

  • Week 1: Wed 04/03 | Fri 06/03

  • Week 2: Wed 11/03 | Fri 13/03

  • Week 3: Wed 18/03 | Fri 20/03

  • Week 4: -

• April 2026 (9:00 - 11:00)

  • Week 1: Wed 01/04 |

  • Week 2: Wed 08/04 | Fri 10/04

  • Week 3:  Wed 15/04 | Fri 17/04

  • Week 4: Wed 22/04 | Fri 24/04

  • Week 5: Wed 29/04

• May 2026 (9:00 - 11:00)

  • Week 1: Wed 06/05 | Fri 08/05

  • Week 2: Wed 13/05 | Fri 15/05

  • Week 3: Wed 20/05| Fri 22/05

  • Week 4: Wed 27/05 | Fri 29/05

• June 2026 (9:00 - 13:00)

  • Week 1: Wed 03/06

  • Week 2:  Wed 10/06 | 12/06

Prerequisites

A biological or biomedical background. Knowledge of a variety of biological data and questions.

For the Programming module, no previous experience is necessary, however, you need to understand the concepts of files and directories and how to access your Google Drive.

Familiarity with at least one of the main OS (Linux, Mac OSX, Windows 10) is required. 

To be able to complete Module 3 (Advanced programming), the achievement of Modules 1 (Introduction) and 2 (Fundamentals) learning outcomes is a prerequisite.

Course setup

• In Google Drive, create a new folder named PMLBD in your My Drive (or inside any existing folder of your choice).;

• In the PMLBD folder create a sub folder and name it notebooks;

• In the PMLBD/notebooks folder, create a Google Colab nootebook. 

  • In order to create new Google Colab notebooks directly from within Google Drive, you’ll need to install the app to your Google Workspace.

  • From Google Drive, click “New”, then select “More” at the bottom of that list.  If you do not see “Google Colab” under “More” then select “Connect More Apps.” 

  • ...and select Colaboratory, then Install it.

  • After you install Google Colab for the first time, you will be able to create Google Colab notebooks directly from the “New” > “More” menu within your Google Drive.

  • You can also get started with Google Colab by visiting: https://colab.research.google.com/