Introduction to Python for Biologists & Neuroscientists

Undergraduate / Graduate

This course is an introduction to Python for biology and neuroscience students. The objective of this course is to teach you the building blocks of Python in a fun and interactive way. You will learn the core python concepts and fundamentals to start applying them to various research problems in biology and neurology. We will step through problems drawn from biology and neurology using interactive JupyterLab notebooks. By the end of the course, you will be able to i) think through different data structures and know when to apply what, ii) develop comfort in utilizing key Python libraries for biological and/or neuroscience datasets, iii) design a basic Python framework to tackle a specific research problem and execute it, and iv) develop a good foundation to learn more advanced Python. No prior knowledge of Python is expected or required. You will use your own laptop for this class.