Hub for Applied Bioinformatics

In-Person Training

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13/04/2027

Full-Day Workshop: Statistics and Hypothesis Testing in R

Learn how to perform statistical tests in R with this hands-on workshop for health researchers. Gain practical experience in hypothesis testing, data analysis, result interpretation, and reporting with expert instructor support.

In person ​- £100

08/04/2027

Follow-Up: Python Programming

Build practical Python skills for health and biomedical research. Learn data analysis, visualisation, machine learning, and data management, then advance your expertise with a hands-on workshop designed for real-world research applications.

In person ​- £50

26/02/2027

Follow-Up: NGS – Bulk RNA-Seq

Advance your RNA-seq analysis skills with hands-on training in data analysis, visualisation, and real-world bioinformatics workflows for transcriptomics research.

In person ​- £50

04/02/2027

Follow-Up: Using Spreadsheets to Record Data and Metadata

Learn Excel for bioinformatics and health research. Improve data organisation, experimental design, and spreadsheet skills to prepare data for analysis.

In person ​- £50

26/01/2027 – 15/06/2027

Workshop Series: Moving Confidently from GraphPad Prism to R
  • Session 1: Basics of R for Non-Coders, January 26th, 2027 
  • Session 2: Reproducibly Visualising Data in R using ggplot, February 23rd, 2027 
  • Session 3: Intro to the tidyverse and wrangling Prism data into R, March 23rd, 2027 
  • Session 4: Statistical testing (preparing data for tests, t-tests, ANOVA, power analyses etc.), April 20th, 2027 
  • Session 5: Reproducible workflows and advanced statistics, May 18th, 2027 
  • Session 6: From GraphPad Prism to R: Bring Your Own Data, June 15th, 2027 

In person ​- Individual sessions are £75. 

Save by buying a bundle of all sessions for £300!

12/01/2027

Follow-Up: An Introduction to High Performance Computing for Biologists Using CREATE

Gain hands-on HPC training for biomedical research. Learn Linux, data management, scripting, and job submission on a high-performance computing cluster.

In person ​- £50

08/12/2026

Follow-Up: Statistics with R

Learn statistical analysis in R and RStudio with practical examples of common statistical tests for health research, data analysis, and large datasets.

In person ​- £50

27/10/2026

Follow-Up: Introduction to R

Learn R programming for health data analysis. A beginner-friendly course covering data visualisation, statistics, big data, and practical R skills.

In person ​- £50

06/10/2026

Follow-Up: Unix and IT infrastructure

Learn the Unix skills that underpin modern bioinformatics. In this module, you’ll discover how command-line tools transform raw sequencing data into meaningful biological insights and gain an understanding of the IT infrastructure that supports reproducible bioinformatics workflows. These core skills provide the foundation for many of the analyses covered in subsequent workshops. 

In person ​- £50

08/10/2026 – 11/03/2027

Live Workshop Series: SpatiaLondon

All workshops will run from 13:00 to 17:00

October 8:  Introduction to coding for spatial biology

November 12: Introduction to spatial data acquisition, QC

December 10: Segmentation, Batch Correction and ROIs

January 14:  From 3D to 2D: Cell-typing, annotations, neighbourhoods

February 11: Downstream Analysis, neighbourhood networks

March 11AI models in spatial biology

In person ​- Individual sessions are £100. 

Save by buying a bundle of all sessions for £500

Note: If you would like to pay by journal transfer, please contact hab@kcl.ac.uk

TBC

Summer School ​

In person ​

Coming soon

24/02/2026 – 30/06/2026

Live Workshop Series: Moving Confidently from GraphPad Prism to R

February 24: Basics of R for Non-Coders (Required if you aren’t already familiar with R)

March 24: Data Wrangling and Basic Statistical Tests (cleaning/filtering large datasets using tidyverse, t-tests, ANOVA, basic power analyses etc.)

April 21: Reproducibly Visualising Data in R (bar plots, time series, grouped plots, etc.)

May 19: From GraphPad Prism to R: Advanced Statistics (Linear and nonlinear regression models, Mixed-effects models, Logistic regression etc…)

June 16: Advanced Analyses (clustering, PCA, etc…)

June 30:  Bring Your Own Data

In person ​- Individual sessions are £50 (KCL)/£100 (external). 

Save by buying a bundle of all sessions for £200/£400!

Note: If you would like to pay by journal transfer, please contact hab@kcl.ac.uk

Completed

17/03/2026

Intro to Nextflow with Dr. Simon Murray of Genomics England

This practical session will be an introduction to Nextflow, a powerful computational pipeline constructor, via demonstrations and interactive exercises.

In person ​- £25 (KCL)/£50 (external). 

 

Completed

24/03/2026

Nextflow in Action: Design and Implement Your Own Bioinformatics Workflow

Gain an understanding of workflow management concepts and learn how to use Nextflow to develop scalable, reproducible, and portable bioinformatics pipelines. We recommend some minimal prior exposure to Nextflow – such as the course listed above!

In person ​- £25 (KCL)/£50 (external). 

 

Completed

10/06/2025 

Git Your Code: A Bioinformatician’s Guide to Version Control

In-person – KCL: £50 / External: £100 ​

Completed

02/06/2025 

Nextflow In Action

In-person – FREE ​

Completed

08/05/2025 – 08/05/2025

An Introduction to High Performance Computing for Biologists Using CREATE

In-person – KCL Only – ​£50

Completed

21/03/2025

Introduction to Nextflow

In-person ​- FREE

Completed

07/02/2025

Find, Match, Replace: Turbocharge Your Coding with Regular Expressions

In person

Completed

27/01/2025 – 31/01/2025

Python for Biologists with Martin Jones

In person ​

Completed