An Introduction to MATLAB for biologists

This course aims to give you an introduction to the basics of Matlab. During the two day course we will use a practical based approach to give you the confidence to start using Matlab in your own work. In particular we will show you how to write your own scripts and functions and how to use pre-written functions. We will also explore the many ways in which help is available to Matlab users. In addition we will cover basic computer programming in Matlab to enable you to write more efficient scripts.

Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to Book or register Interest by linking here.

• Graduate students, Postdocs and Staff members from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions or individuals
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available here
• Further details regarding the charging policy are available here

There are no prerequisites for this course and you do not need to have done any programming before to attend the course. The course is not intended for experienced Matlab users however attendants should ideally have some intention to use Matlab soon after attending the course.

Number of sessions: 2

Bioinformatics, Biology, Data handling

After this course you should be able to:

• Use Matlab to perform mathematical calculations
• Write script files in Matlab
• Write simple functions
• Import data and plot graphs

During this course you will learn about:

• The Matlab interface
• Writing in script files
• The many ways to access help
• Importing data
• Plotting
• Using in-built functions
• Creating your own functions
• Basic programming in Matlab (including for loops)

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

2

A number of times per year