A place for beginner-friendly and biologist-friendly programming and data science courses.
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For learning how to code, 📂 Coding-Intro is for you. More courses are on the way! If you’re a teacher take a look at our 📂 Classroom Activities
📘 Coding-Intro : A beginner-friendly programming course covering the basics of R and Python.
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Chapter 1 - The Basics
📖 Learn the fundamentals of R programming, including syntax, data structures, and basic operations.
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Chapter 2 - What are libraries ?
📖 Learn how to use libraries and why they are so important and useful in programming.
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Chapter 1 - Basic functions
📖 Learn the basic operations and functions.
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Chapter 2 - A simple guide to libraries
📖 Learn how to use simple libraries and why libraries are so important and useful in programming.
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💡 Code and tools designed for interactive classroom sessions, to explore key concepts in
programming, statistics, artificial intelligence, and biology.
🔬 Malassez Grid Counting Game — Hands-on Cell Counting for Biotech Students
🧫 An interactive web-based mini-game to practice manual cell counting on a Malassez grid. Designed for students in biotechnology, bioengineering, and related life sciences, this tool simulates cell dispersion under a microscope and helps learners estimate cell concentration (cells/mL) by comparing their guess to real results.
🎮 Try it now in your browser (no install): 👉 Open the Game
🍬 SweetSpot — The Power of Aggregated Data
📦 A playful experiment using a jar of sweets to demonstrate how data science, visualization, and statistics can reveal the surprising power of group estimation. Also, learn how to make graphs with the ggplot package in R!
🧬 Intro to Biopython — Hands-on Genomics for Beginners
📦 A beginner-friendly introduction to Biopython, showing how to access NCBI databases, download real genomic data (the woolly mammoth’s mitochondrial genome!), and visualize gene annotations using Python tools. Great for students in bioinformatics and biotechnology.
A compact, beginner-friendly collection of CircuitPython projects for the ESP32 microcontroler card; Kits include colorful LED animations, tilt-controlled games, and small utilities (clock, timer, weather) that teach core microelectronics skills, without wiring, soldering...
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✔ Useful libraries for the beginner
✔ Machine Learning Basics
✔ Data Science Fundamentals
✔ etc...
We are actively working on new content to expand your programming skills!
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