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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)

Coursera Course by him also, :

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:

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.


Online Tutorial

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:

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