Are you a UK-based researcher who needs to analyse more genomic data than your own computer can handle? If you would like to use High Performance Computing for genomics but don't know where to start then the Cloud-SPAN Courses are for you!

The Cloud-SPAN team have developed two courses which provide an introduction to using the command line, logging onto the cloud and developing skills to analyse and manage large data sets. The courses are free and online. 

Prenomics: 8 - 9 March, 10:00 - 13:00

This two half-day online course provides you with a step by step guide on how to locate and save files and how to log onto a cloud instance.  

Genomics: 14, 16, 21, 23 March, 10:00 - 13:00

This course over four half-day sessions allows you to develop your skills in managing data such as assessing read quality, trimming and filtering, variant calling and running IGV from the command line. To participate in the Genomics course we recommend that you attend the Prenomics course or that you are able to successfully complete this self-assessment quiz. 

Find out more and register by clicking here today. There are a limited number of diversity scholarships available. If you have any questions please contact us at cloud-span-project@york.ac.uk.

Cloud-SPAN is a collaboration between the University of York and The Software Sustainability Institute funded by the UKRI innovation scholars award. It aims to train researchers to effectively generate and analyse a range of 'omics data using Cloud computing resources.