Streamlining your Laboratory with Python, an Introduction (Laptop Required)

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Python is one of the most popular multi-purpose, cross-platform programming languages due to its ease of use, rich library, and broad range of applications. This introductory hands-on course will teach you the basics of Python programming and how to use it to solve authentic tasks commonly encountered in a scientific laboratory. Topics covered include data handling, analysis and report generation, and task automation.

Bring your own laptop with software installed, or create a free account to use our cloud-hosted Python integrated development environment, preconfigured and customized for our course.



Who Should Attend:

• Scientists working with data of all types


• Laboratory managers interested in reducing data to interpretable results


• Integrators with a need to monitor automated system operation


• Students with a desire to learn how to wrangle and present their results

How You Will Benefit from This Course?

• You will learn the basics of Python programming from seasoned instructors


• You will load data from a variety of sources and transform into analyzable data structures


• You will perform basic data analysis and be introduced to Python’s statistical capabilities


• You will discover how to monitor the file system for changes and process data automatically


• You will be introduced to Python’s ability to generate reports in various formats


• You will learn how to communicate results automatically

Course Topics:

• Introduction to Python and its role in a scientific laboratory


• Data types and expressions


• Sequencing of tasks, conditional execution, and iteration


• Accessing data from files, spreadsheets, databases, and web services


• Data munging, basic statistics, and scientific plotting


• Creating Word and PDF files


• Running as program in response to changes on a file system


• Sending email and SMS messages