Many times bioinformatician needs to parse binary files like bam and sff. Advantage of binary files is that they occupy less space in memory with maximum information content.
Link for those who looking for structure of Bam and sff...
My research group consists primarily of computer science graduate students and postdocs with expertise in algorithms, statistical inferences and machine learning, and sharing a passion for understanding fundamental biological problems.
We work in...
www.genome.gov - What is the epigenome?
What does the epigenome do?
What makes up the epigenome?
Is the epigenome inherited?
What is imprinting?
Can the epigenome change?
What makes the epigenome change?
How do changes in the epigenome contribute to...
sites.google.com - ShRec3D is a program that aims at reconstructing a genome 3D structure (b) from the sole knowledge of the contacts between different genomic regions (a) as determined by Hi-C (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19815776).
There are two options to...
kallisto
Transcript abundance quantification from RNA-seq data (uses pseudoalignment for rapid determination of read compatibility with targets)
Software (C++)
https://pachterlab.github.io/kallisto/
Sailfish
Estimation of isoform abundances...