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Past Training

Bioinformatics

Introduction to the Unix shell and High-Performance Computing

ABOUT

The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), in collaboration with DIPLOMICS, will be running a training workshop aimed at upskilling of researchers interested in entering into the field of bioinformatics or those that wish to refresh previously obtained skills.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the conclusion of the workshop, participants will have learned about the following:

  • Introduction to Unix shell

  • Wildcards and shortcuts in Shell

  • Examining and creating files

  • Searching and redirection

  • Shell scripts and variables in Shell

  • Loops and automation

  • Permissions and Environment Variable

  • Introduction to High-performance computing

  • Job scheduling on High-performance compute servers using SLURM

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