Bioinformatics is fast becoming an integral component of all biological projects. The deluge of genomic information has also opened up the possibility of asking new questions using only publicly available data and a personal computer. This course will go beyond bioinformatic tools that run on web interfaces. Instead, you will learn to program using R, one of the most popular languages for performing bioinformatic and statistical analyses. 

The course will begin by introducing basic R commands and scripts, and move onto the use of R in genomics. Bioconductor will be covered in the second half of the course, with the final day focussing on genome annotation and downloading data using biomaRt.