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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear All,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are pleased to announce the following SIB course:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red"><a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20210929_PYTFS"><b><span style="color:red">First Steps with Python in Life Sciences</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">which will be live-streamed on 29 September - 1 October 2021</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Further detailed information, prerequisites and application form are available</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20210929_PYTFS">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:training@sib.swiss">training@sib.swiss</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards,<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Valeria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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