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The Wellcome Genome Campus gives regularly offers online classes on genomics, bioinformatics, etc. that are certified and FREE.

This class looked especially relevant: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-events/bacterial-genomes-dna-protein-function-bioinformatics-online-aug19/

https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news/view/new-online-course-introduces-bioinformatics-address-skills-gap

Here is an interview with Dr Pamela Black, Education Lead, Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences, Wellcome Genome Campus, about these free courses: https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-019-00209-1

You can sign up for their newsletter on this page to receive notices about new classes:

https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/event-type/online-courses/

edX has a course taught by one of the creators of rosalind.infothat can be audited for free for a short time (about a month)

https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UCSanDiegoX+CSE181.1x+1T2017/courseware/1b7e22887560407abdf8a526cac1c5a4/ec81579ffb1a439eba0655bf692d2f08/

Coursera Course by him also, :

https://www.coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics?source=deprecated_spark_cdp
Coursera also has a number of other bioinformatics-related courses. Unfortunately, Coursera no longer seems to be free.

If you don't have a biology background -- this course has online video lectures:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-01sc-fundamentals-of-biology-fall-2011/biochemistry/types-of-organisms-cell-composition/

A bioinformatics treasure hunt: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/online/course/10th-anniversary-treasure-hunt

Learn about free resources available through the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), an international, innovative and interdisciplinary research organisation funded by 26 member states and two associate member states.
Training resources through EMBL-EBI:
- Hands-on bioinformatics training for experimental biologists
- Traveling Bioinformatics Roadshows
- Train online resource for independent learners

Personal Webpages and Blogs of Bioinformaticians

There's really only the one post in the last blog, but he lists a lot of links (and recommends rosalind.info!)

https://bitsilla.com/blog/2016/12/bioinformatics-starter-pack-getting-started-in-bioinformatics/

This last one seems to be full of helpful advice and resources.

Guides and Cheatsheets

https://github.com/GTPB/PPB17/blob/master/python-cheat-sheet.pdf

Online Tutorial

https://github.com/GTPB/PPB17

Scroll down past the list of files to see the tutorial.

The Carpentries -- workshops teaching R, Python, Git, Unix, Data Analysis

I started learning Python at one of these workshops and got certified as one of their trainers. I have helped at a number of their workshops at the University of Washington.

Look here to see where upcoming workshops are located:

https://carpentries.org/upcoming_workshops/

There is even one coming up in GERMANY on October 16th:

https://malvikasharan.github.io/2019-10-16-heidelberg/

Online Bioinformatics Courses Available to Audit -- paid certificate option also available

https://courses.edx.org/dashboard/programs/293931fa-67b2-4c2e-9a44-c53c215f50d8/

this course doesn't seem to kick auditors out after a month

Interactive Activity on Gene Expression: https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/genetic-medicine-interactive/