Tuesday, 26 May 2026, 11am to 12pm
This session will cover:
• How Nextflow works
• Why to use Nexflow
• Writing your first Nextflow pipeline
• Walkthrough of a (variant annotation) pipeline
The learning objectives are to:
• Understand what a Nextflow channel and process is
• Understand how Nextflow can be applied to your work
• Understand why pipelines are good to use
Pre requisites:
Understand how to use the command line
Intended audience: Anyone interested in using pipelines for their bioinformatics work and are considering Nextflow
Participants will need:
BYOD with nextflow installed and working (can run the line ‘nextflow -version’ on terminal)
Duration: presentation and practical workshop/exercises
Software required: Nextflow and dependencies (java), highly recommend VSCode installed
Speaker(s): Anthony McGuigan (Big Data Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue:
Big Data Institute - Lower Ground Seminar Room 0
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Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 Big Data Institute Old Road Campus Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7LF United Kingdom
Department: Big Data Institute - NDPH (Unit)
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari
Host: Prof Thomas Nichols
Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/gGPm3meeg9?origin=lprLink