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<p>Dear All, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce the following SIB course: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="left"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20210510_PYTFS"><b><span style="color:red">First Steps with Python in Life Sciences</span></b></a></p>
<p align="left"><b>which will be live-streamed on 10-12 May 2021</b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">.</span></b>
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<p>Have you ever been stuck with a file format that doesn't precisely conform to your needs, found yourself doing annoyingly repetitive data manipulations, or struggled to efficiently manage and explore your data? Python to the rescue! Python is an open-source
and general-purpose scripting language which runs on all major operating systems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This 3-day course is addressed to beginners who want to become familiar with writing Python code to accomplish common tasks such as automated data parsing, basic statistical operations and graphical representations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Further detailed information, prerequisites and application form are available
<a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20210510_PYTFS" moz-do-not-send="true">
here</a>.<br>
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<p>Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at <a href="mailto:training@sib.swiss" moz-do-not-send="true">
training@sib.swiss</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Patricia</p>
<p>--<br>
<font style="font-size:12px" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><font style="font-size:12px" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><b>Patricia Palagi, PhD<br>
SIB Training<br>
</b><b><span style="color:#f00;">SIB</span> | Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics</b><br>
Quartier Sorge, Bâtiment Amphipôle - 1015 Lausanne - Switzerland<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:patricia.palagi@sib.swiss" moz-do-not-send="true">patricia.palagi@sib.swiss</a> -
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.sib.swiss" moz-do-not-send="true">
www.sib.swiss</a> </b></font></b></font></p>
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