BOL: Polls

What programming language do you hate the most?

BioStar — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 03:46:49 -0600

There are many programming languages, which one you dislike the most?

Do you think it's important for everyone to pass BINC exam?

Jit — Wed, 11 May 2016 07:25:34 -0500

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India has instituted BINC examination with the objective of evaluating the Bioinformatics knowledge & skills of students. Do you think it is important ?

Will MinION Nanopore sequencing increase the number of Next Generation Sequencing projects?

Strand — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 05:14:07 -0500

Will MinION Nanopore sequencing increase the number of Next Generation Sequencing projects?

How long have you been a bioinformatics scientist for?

Jit — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:55:33 -0500

Most of the researcher have been a scientist whole life, but infact they actually started paying it with at certain time.So, how long have you been in bioinformatics domain now?

At what age did you gain passion in Bioinformatics?

Jit — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:39:06 -0500

Most of the bioinformatician were biologist ( yeah ... not all ;), and at later stage they gain a passion in Bioinformatics and learn it. When did you get inclined towards computational analysis of biological data?

Which Bioinformatics Journals Do You Follow?

Tenzin Paul — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:10:21 -0500

Which are your favorite bioinformatics journals? The ones that you check every month or so, or that you are subscribed to?

Which of the followings are the best place to study Bioinformatics ?

Reshma Khatun — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 00:20:30 -0600

Bioinformatics is a major growth area and qualified Bioinformaticians are in high demand. An explosion in biological data has resulted from genome projects, next generation sequencing and other 'omics' techniques. Bioinformatics provides the tools to analyse and exploit such data sets.

Can you please suggest me the best place to study bioinformatics ( Grad/PostGrad).

Which math/statistics programming language/application do you most frequently use in bioinformatics?

John Parker — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:46:41 -0500

I'm doing a bit more statistical analysis on some bioinformatics things lately, and I'm curious if there are any programming languages that are particularly good for this NGS computation. What suggestions do you guys have? Are there any languages that have exceptionally good libraries?

Which of the following programming language is best for a bioinformatics beginner?

Manisha Mishra — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:51:16 -0500

I will be doing NGS in the course of my research work and I will like to learn a programming language which is compatible with most bioinformatics tools or software. I basically want to do de-novo assembly, map reads, align reads, and expression analysis. Recommendations welcomed. Which languages would you recommend to a student wishing to enter the world of bioinformatics?