Training
Online courses
Below you find an overview of our educational online modules in Biodiversity Informatics. Many of these modules are thematically linked and can be used to stepwise build up your expertise in a certain topic.
Access to biodiversity data through web services
This online course will focus on automated ways of retrieving and processing biodiversity data from public databases. You will mostly work in the R programming environment and be introduced to common R-packages and functions to retrieve publication-quality (DOI-assigned) species occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Further you...
Basic spatial analysis in R
This online course will introduce you to several applications related to the reading, processing and plotting of spatial data within the R environment (incl. maps, species ranges, etc.). It’s preferable if you have basic knowledge of the R programming language. You will play with several R-packages related to processing spatial...
Advanced spatial analysis in R
This online course helps you to tackle common challenges that arise with any kind of spatial coordinate data in biology. Knowledge of the tools introduced in this workshop is essential when presenting spatial biological data (e.g. a map of sampling sites) in presentations or publications. More specifically you will be...
Basic Python for Biologists
This module is intended as a Python introduction course, not assuming any prior knowledge of the programming language. It is however useful and desired for participants to have had prior exposure to a different programming language (such as R, bash, Perl, etc.). During this half-day module, you will cover the...
Advanced Python for Biologists
This is the sequel to the module “Basic Python for biologists”. In this course you will expand your basic Python skills and learn how to write our own Python program with a basic command line user-interaction. During this course you will also run through a mini machine learning exercise. By...
Basic phylogeography
This course will give you a basic introduction to the R environment and show you how to run some very basic analysis of biodiversity data. You will combine biogeographic information with basic sequence analysis. The tutorials in this course explain how to get familiar with R studio, plot maps and...
Advanced phylogenetic analysis with SuperSmartR
This course will introduce you to a series of R packages that together form a complete phylogenetic analysis pipeline. The tutorials outline all necessary steps for a phylogenetic inference and also demonstrates the steps for advancing and scaling up the method. In this course you will be introduced to the...
Biodiversity data mobilization course
This course enables participants to plan and implement biodiversity data mobilization efforts effectively using accepted community standards. Its aim is to increase the volume, richness and quality of the data published through the GBIF network. This course is comprised of video instruction paired with quizzes and practical exercises.Topics include: Project...