The Ensembl project provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of mainly vertebrate genome sequences. This workshop is aimed at researchers and developers interested in exploring Ensembl beyond the website. The workshop covers how to use the Ensembl REST APIs, including understanding the major endpoints and how to write Python/Perl/R scripts to call them.

Feedback from previous courses:

"Wish I had taken the course long time ago. Didn't know before how good and powerful APIs are!" API workshop, EMBL-EBI, January 2016

"I really enjoyed the course, and the ENSEMBL API will become a very relevant part of my toolset." API workshop, Cambridge, December 2013

If you think you'd like to host a similar course at your institute, you can find out more on the Ensembl workshops page.

Who is this course for?

Bioinformaticians and wet-lab biologists who can program in Perl, Python or R.

What will I learn?

Learning outcomes

After this course participants should be able to:

• Synthesise the data types accessible through the Ensembl REST API
• Understand the methods in the Ensembl REST API
• Navigate the Ensembl REST API documentation to find available methods
• Write Python/R/Perl scripts to access data via the Ensembl REST API

Trainers

https://training.csx.cam.ac.uk/bioinformatics/event/3351102