We expect our students to build up a minimum of forty hours of formal bioscience skills training throughout their PhDs. These hours can be built up from EASTBIO Optional Courses, Local Optional Courses and external provision where necessary. We are particularly keen that students develop of skills in mathematics, data analysis and new ways of working, skills essential to future world-class research careers.

Course details will be advertised in our newsletter and/or by email.

EASTBIO Optional Courses 2013/15:

• From Observation to Explanation: online; Professor Kim Summers; 30th October 2013; syllabus here.
• Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics: Edinburgh; Professor Juri Rappsilber and Dr Juan Zou; 18th-20th March 2014; syllabus here.
• SysMIC: Systems Training in Maths, Informatics and Computational Biology; online; 20th April 2015 for six months; syllabus here and more information here.
• R/Bioconductor and Unix: Edinburgh; Dr Simon Tomlinson; 10-12 June 2014; hours 14; syllabus here. The course will run again in summer 2015 (date tbc).
• Introduction to Python for Biologists: £500 fees; 5-day course in Edinburgh; Dr Martin Jones & Bert Overduin; 3-7 August 2015. More information and how to register here.
• Advanced Python for Biologists: £500 fees; 5-day workshop in Edinburgh; Dr Martin Jones & Bert Overduin17-21 August 2015. Information here.

Past Courses 2012/13

For a list of DTP-wide courses which run in 2013-14, click here.