ENS - Enseignement

Initiation to python programming

Anne Zalmanski — 2024-09-27T10:29:22Z

Graduated Program in Life Science, Department of Biology, ENS-PSL
| Initiation to python programming (ENS/Biology)
Year and Semester : PhD and Postdocs | S1
Where : Department of Biology of ENS, room 321, 3rd floor, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris.
Duration : 6 weeks
Schedule : on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from November 13th to December 18th, 2025
Hours : 17:00-19:00
Maximum class size : 16

Coordination

Denis Thieffry, Department of Biology, ENS

Credits

3 ECTS

Keywords

Python | Programming | Linux

Course prerequisites

Knowledge of basic Linux commands and a whole lot of motivation !
If you have no Linux/Unix background, you can check the first sections of the following online course : https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/index.htm

Course objectives and description

Aims : The objective of the course is to initiate young life-science scientists to python programming from scratch, fostering self-learning practice.

Organisation : The course will include two classes per week, each about two-hours long, over a period of six weeks, in November-December 2025.
A large part of each class will be devoted to practical coding exercises.
Regular attendance to the classes should be completed by two to three hours of homework per week.

Assessment

• The participants will be regularly asked to explain their code during the classes.
• Coding exercises will be proposed over the duration of the course, to be finalised at home and submit for evaluation by the teaching team.

Course material

The course will be based on the textbook published by Whitington (2023), as well as on online resources from the python community.
Linux desktops will be provided for the classes, but participants can also bring their personal laptop, with a recent version of python 3 installed.

Course material

in relation with the module content
Whitington J (2023). Python from the very beginning. Cambridge : Coherent Press (2nd ed).
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
https://docs.python.org/3/

Advanced courses for Master, PhD Students and postdocs

Bofei Ma, Marie Embs — 2015-10-21T07:49:23Z

The Department of Biology of ENS proposes various advanced courses that are open to PhD students, postdocs, as well as to engineers, depending on demand and availability.
A (non exhaustive) list is provided below, along with links to course contents and requirements.
Additional courses might be selected in the offer of the department at the master level.
To apply to any of these courses, you can directly contact its local contact.

Course	Planning	Contact
ABC-S - Advanced Biology Course in structural biology (PG)	Sep-Jan, 2025	email
ABC-I — Advanced Biology Course of fundamental immunology (PG)	Oc 2025-Jan 2026	email
Frontiers in Microbial systems	November, 2025	email
Initiation to python programming	Oct-Dec, 2024	email
Theoretical Systems Biology	November, 2025	email
Groupe de lecture de mathématiques pour la biologie	Feb-Jun, 2025	email
Climate Change Microbiology	December, 2025	email
QLife Quantitative biology winter school “AI-Accelerated Design and Optimisation of Compunds for Biological Applications”	Feb, 2026	email
QLife Quantitative biology winter school “Quantitative Approaches to DNA Damage and Repair”	Mar, 2026	email
QLife Quantitative biology winter school “Polygenic Adaptation : from Quantitative Genetics to Population Genomics”	Mar, 2025	email
Qlife Quantitative Biology Spring School "Cell Dynamics in Developmental Systems"	Mar-April, 2025	email

An attestation can be issued following regular course attendance, e.g. for consideration in the requirements of French doctoral schools.

Écoles doctorales

Marie Embs — 2014-09-30T14:10:12Z

Si vous êtes souhaitez effectuer votre doctorat dans l'une des équipes
de l'IBENS, vous devez contacter directement le chef d'équipe.
L'IBENS est principalement affilié aux École Doctorales suivantes :

ED Cerveau, cognition, comportement

ED Complexité du vivant

Site PSL "Collège Doctoral" : http://collegedoctoral.univ-psl.fr/