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Introduction: Cloud, Linux and basic skills Mick Watson Director of ARK-Genomics The Roslin Institute
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Structure Setting up a new Cloud instance Accessing Linux via Putty Introduction to Linux command-line Basic manipulations Quality control of Illumina data Trimming of Illumina data
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Why are you here? What do you want to do?
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This is going to be hard How much do you want to succeed?
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This can change your life / career This could make you very employable
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You can’t learn this in a week You will need to devote time, and work hard
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Some of you will do this Many of you won’t
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Who wants to succeed?
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Recommendation Buy a laptop (lots of RAM, 64bit) Install Ubuntu, or BioLinux Force yourself to work on the command-line Get on your institute’s linux servers Get on your institute’s linux clusters Use Google! Set yourself a task and work at it. Do it yourself. Use Google. Only ask for help when really stuck Work at it – the rewards are huge These skills are in huge demand -> jobs, pay rises, promotion, papers etc etc
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The course Take your time Read the materials Understand the materials Complete the exercises Think about what is happening
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Don’t panic!
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mick.watson@roslin.ed.ac.uk @BioMickWatson
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