Intro to Nextflow (2 Day Workshop)

This workshop consists of two sessions. The first session provides participants with the core concepts of Nextflow pipeline development and foundational knowledge needed to begin building and customising workflows. In the second session we will step through the hands-on practice in creating a scalable multi-sample Nextflow workflow, consisting of multiple bioinformatics tools.

By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

·      Understand key concepts, terminology, and syntax of Nextflow

·      Run, navigate, customize, and troubleshoot Nextflow pipelines for research applications

·      Develop a basic Nextflow workflow using multiple scripting languages

·      Read different types of data into a Nextflow workflow and output Nextflow process results to a predefined directory

·      Troubleshoot some common errors in Nextflow workflow development

This is an intermediate workshop for people developing reproducible bioinformatics workflows. It assumes some experience with the following:

·       Experience working on the command line/Linux environment.

·       Experience with basic scripting (e.g. Bash).

·       and basic knowledge of container technology such as docker, singularity or apptainer.

This is an in person hands-on workshop and attendees must bring their own computers (laptop chargers also recommended). No software needs to be installed for this workshop. However, the following is required:

• Access to internet via uniwireless or Eduroam
• Web browser (Firefox or Chrome recommended)
• VSCode (or a comparable code editor) with the Remote - SSH extension installed
• an SSH client (built-in on macOS and Linux; Windows users may need to install OpenSSH or use MobaXterm)

This free workshop is available to staff and students at The University of Melbourne and its affiliated institutes.

You must register for this event using an affiliated institutional email address or your registration may be cancelled.

If you require any further information, or have any access requirements in order to participate in this workshop, please contact us as soon as possible to discuss your requirements:

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Starting 1 August 2025, participants who miss two or more workshops without proper notice (less than 48 hours or attending under 50%) within 12 months will be placed on a 6-month waitlist for full workshops. To avoid being marked as a no-show, cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance, with exceptions allowed for emergencies.Please read the full policy here: https://mbite.org/guides/policy/

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