Scientific & Technology
Together with the other CRG training activities, this initiative is dedicated to developing and promoting the careers of our residents. A wide range of courses on scientific skills are offered to boost their careers and allow them to explore various future career options.
11/03/2026 - 16:15 to 13/03/2026 - 16:15
nf-core Hackathon
A hybrid hackathon to develop nf-core together
Join the nf-core community hackathon for three days of collaborative development—in person at CRG (Barcelona) or online, March 11–13, 2026. The hackathon brings together researchers,...
24/03/2026 - 10:00 to 25/03/2026 - 13:00
This course is designed to teach the basics of everyday Linux Containers usage. Participants will learn what Linux Containers are and why they are relevant to today's scientific practice. They will learn hands-on Docker, the most popular container...
26/03/2026 - 13:30 to 31/03/2026 - 13:30
The course will guide you to setup a development environment using VS Code together with Gitlab and creating a personal Git repository for the course. Afterwards, it will provide Python programming concepts, covering variables, functions, loops,...
15/04/2026 - 10:00 to 16/04/2026 - 13:00
The aim of this course is to give a general overview on Nextflow, focusing on the execution, configuration and deployment of local and publicly available pipelines.
Topics that are going to be addressed:
Understand Nextflow’s basic concepts
Execute...
20/05/2026 - 10:00 to 21/05/2026 - 13:00
This course is designed to teach the fundamental concepts and practical guidelines for ensuring that everyday data generation and management tasks fit into reproducible scientific workflows. The course emphasizes the importance of open data formats...
14/04/2026 - 12:00 to 26/05/2026 - 12:00
Basics of Biostatistics - Statistical Empowerment: Take the Best Advantage of Your Data and Research
The course will give an overview of important concepts and methods used to analyse “Biomedical data”. The primary focus will be on developing a...
05/03/2026 - 10:00 to 15/06/2026 - 13:00
“Cacharreando” is a coloquial word meaning “to play around”. It is used to figure out on the go how “cacharros” (things) work. We designed the “Cacharreando” program to train CRG Admin departments to explore and “play around” with AI and digital...
11/02/2026 - 10:30 to 01/10/2026 - 13:30
This course provides an introduction to using the linux terminal. It is suitable for complete beginners who have never used the command line before.
Anybody who intends to use the cluster for data analysis and is not confident in the terminal should...
16/02/2026 - 10:30 to 01/10/2026 - 13:30
This course will introduce and consolidate material presented in all levels of cluster course and expand on the concepts to be aware of when trying to optimize use of the cluster.
If you have never used the CRG cluster, this is your mandatory...
26/05/2026 - 10:00 to 18/12/2026 - 13:30
This three-session course is designed to help scientists transition from academia to industry by learning how to identify suitable job opportunities, tailor a CV for specific roles, improve professional visibility, especially on LinkedIn and prepare...
31/12/2025 - 10:30 to 31/12/2026 - 00:00
Cluster revision and slurm primer
This course will give a quick revision of essential general concepts for properly using a cluster, followed by specific examples utilizing slurm to run jobs on the cluster.
Topics that are going to be addressed:
HPC...