2-4 march 2026
The course will be held in English and will be online.
Lesson timetable:
9 am-12 am
1pm-4pm
plan
Day 1 – Introduction and Basics
- Why workflow managers matter in life sciences
- Nextflow concepts (processes, channels, operators)
- Installation and setup
- Writing and running a simple pipeline (FastQC example)
Day 2 – Building Practical Pipelines
- Structuring multi-step workflows (DSL2)
- Using Conda, Docker, and Singularity
- RNA-seq preprocessing pipeline (FastQC → Trimming → Alignment)
- Logs, reports, and the Nextflow UI
Day 3 – Scaling and Best Practices
- Running pipelines on HPC (profiles, resource management)
- nf-core pipelines and customization
- Version control and sharing workflows
- Capstone: complete end-to-end pipeline
DOCENTE:
Loukas Theodosiou – Max Planck Institute, Köln, Germany
Dr. Loukas Theodosiou is a bioinformatician and data scientist working at the interface of mathematical modelling, bioinformatics, and machine learning. He is passionate about coding in R, Python, and Nextflow, and is currently a Senior Scientist at KWS, while also serving as a Visiting Scientist in the Rainey Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön, Germany. His work focuses on developing reproducible workflows, integrative data analyses, and accessible computational tools for biological research. In his teaching and collaborations, his goal is to make computational biology approachable and empower researchers to harness the power of Nextflow and modern data science.
cost of the course
- € 320 + VAT before 15 february 2026
- € 420 + VAT after 15 february 2026
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