Section outline

  • Basic understanding of working with command line tools on Linux or Windows-based operating systems.
    If you do not feel comfortable with UNIX commands, please take our UNIX fundamentals e-learning module. Alternatively, you have the opportunity to attend our next "First Steps with UNIX in Life Sciences" that will take place in Geneva, 24 May 2016.

    Additionally, students need to be familiar working with R. We recommend using the swirl() library from http://swirlstats.com to learn autonomously: * follow the "R programming" self-led course (you can skip the sections "Simulation" and "Dates and Times") * follow at least the ggplot section of the "Exploratory_Data_Analysis" swirl course.

    All software and data will be packed in a virtual machine, you need to have VirtualBox installed on your computer.  Please download and install the latest version for Mac OS X or for Windows. The virtual image can be downloaded here. It requires a password after a few minutes without usage. This password can be found in the Virtual Machine Installation Guide just below.

    If you are not comfortable with the installation, please download our quick guide below. There might be issues to run the machine, especially if you are using Microsoft Windows 10. In this case, please read carefully the document "issues-VM" below.

    Important: you need a laptop with minimum of 4 GB memory and 25 Go free space.