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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear all,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are pleased to announce the following SIB course on:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20220608_FSWIR"><span style="color:red">First Steps with R in Life Sciences</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">which will take place in person on </span>
</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">8-9</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> June 2022, in
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Lausanne</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, Switzerland.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">R is a complete, flexible and open source system for statistical analysis and graphics, which has become a tool of choice for biologists and
 biomedical scientists who need to analyze and visualize large amounts of data.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This 2-day course will give an introduction to R and Rstudio (an integrated development environment for R) in an interactive manner. Participants will receive example data sets to practice
 data manipulation, graphical exploration and statistical hypothesis testing.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Further detailed information, prerequisites and application form are available&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20220608_FSWIR" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:training@sib.swiss" target="_blank">training@sib.swiss</a>.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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