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Learn how to write a Nextflow pipeline from scratch

Join our beginner-friendly course on Nextflow, the powerful workflow management system for scalable and reproducible data analysis. This course covers the fundamentals of Nextflow, from writing your first pipeline to running it efficiently. You’ll learn how to be reproducible, using containers and how to automate complex analyses, and optimize workflows for high-performance computing (HPC).

Topics that are going to be addressed:

• Introduction to Nextflow – Understand the basics of nextflow
• Writing Your First Pipeline –Coding in groovy, create simple, reproducible workflows from scratch.
• Managing Dependencies – Use Docker and Singularity for reproducibility.
• Parallelism & Resource Optimization – Run workflows efficiently on HPC and local environments.
• Version Control & Reproducibility – Ensure consistency with Git and parameterization.
• Best Practices – Learn tips to structure and optimize your pipelines.

What NOT to expect:

• Write highly complex pipelines like nf-core pipelines

Instructors: Luca Cozzuto, Emilio Palumbo, José Espinosa & Toni Hermoso

Dates: 22nd, 23rd & 25th April 2025 (10:00 -13:30)

Location: Bioinformatics room (CRG Training centre) - Presential

Maximum number of participants: 18

Registration deadline: 16th April 2025

Registration HERE

For any information, please send an email to CRG Training and Academic office (TAO): training@crg.eu