Computation skills for biologist

2 cents on coding from a bioinformatics beginner

I was trained as a wet biologist and I started learning coding in 2012 April with my first ever python book: python programming for absolute beginners. I…

Several NGS bioinformatics training materials

  1. Next Generation sequencing wiki book

So you want to be a computational biologist?

Quotes from the article:\ “Laboratory scientists wouldn’t\ dream of running experiments\ without the necessary positive\ and negative controls… tests\ are…

python code for getting the reverse complement DNA strand

Following pythonforbiologist , I wrote a very simple python script to get the reverse complement DNA strand:

useful unix one liners for bioinformatics

I have been using ubuntu 12.04LTS for one year, and I really love it and do not look back at windows at all. Currently, I have dual booting system for linux…

A beginner’s guide to bioinformatics Fwd Homologus

See the posts here \ and here

Does every new biology PhD student need to learn how to program?

The answer is Yes!\ see the paper from Nature Biotech

Computational Competence for Biologists

After reading this post , I realized that I am far from being competent….

yes, you need to validate the genomic discoveries

I just came back from San Diego, CA. It is a beautiful place, and I enjoyed the staying there very much.\ well, as the title stated, we need to…

My personal suggestions to get started with bioinformatics

updated 07/20/13\ see a post by Nick Loman