CGLab
Teaching
Beyond our own research, we contribute to training across IMBB-FORTH and the University of Crete — from hands-on computational workshops to graduate-level coursework.
Courses & Workshops
IMBB Data Analysis Course
A hands-on introduction to Python programming, data analysis, and computational biology aimed at wet-lab biologists with no prior coding experience. The course explains the logic behind common analyses — not just how to run the tools — to build confidence and broaden computational literacy across the institute.
Week 1 covers the fundamentals: Python basics, data exploration and plotting, statistics and p-value logic, enrichment and expression analysis, and dimensionality reduction. Week 2 brings specialized sessions in genomics led by contributing labs, spanning bulk RNA-seq analysis, single-cell RNA-seq, ATAC-seq.
- Python
- Statistics
- Expression analysis
- Hands-on
Graduate Programs
CGLab participates in the following University of Crete postgraduate programs and welcomes thesis students through each:
MSc in Bioinformatics
An interdisciplinary, international program taught in English by faculty from Medicine, Biology, Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Crete, with researchers from FORTH and HCMR.
→MSc in Molecular Biology & Biomedicine
Run jointly by the Departments of Biology and Medicine at the University of Crete and IMBB-FORTH, with an international reputation in molecular biology and biomedicine research and training.
→MSc in Neurosciences
Spanning cellular, molecular, systems, translational and clinical neuroscience, run by the Schools of Medicine, Biology and Psychology at the University of Crete with partner institutes.
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