<![CDATA[BOL: Related items]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/related/43243?offset=20 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/35798/an-introduction-to-applied-bioinformatics Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:26:38 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/35798/an-introduction-to-applied-bioinformatics <![CDATA[An Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics]]> IAB is primarily being developed by Greg Caporaso(GitHub/Twitter: @gregcaporaso) in the Caporaso Lab at Northern Arizona University. You can find information on the courses I teach on my teaching website and information on my research and lab on my lab website.

 

Address of the bookmark: http://readiab.org/

]]> Jit https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/42810/bioinformatics-in-africa-part3-mali Sat, 06 Feb 2021 13:28:44 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/42810/bioinformatics-in-africa-part3-mali <![CDATA[Bioinformatics in Africa: Part3 - Mali]]> International Center for Excellence in Research (ICER):

The ICER is a research center composed of the following three programs: 1. The Malaria Research and Training Center ­ Parasitology Group,  2. The Malaria Research and Training Center ­ Entomology Group  3. The SEREFO Group.

The first two programs develop biomedical researches in malaria, Filariasis and Leishmaniasis. The  third program develops biomedical researches in tuberculosis and HIV.

Bioinformatics was introduced recently to the ICER and is constantly growing. The ICER has one  team, headed by Sidy SOUMARE, which supports the three programmes in all their needs in  informatics and bioinformatics. This team can beneficiate from some computational facilities (4  blast servers, 15 other servers and around 200 terminals), but the ICER staff needs some training in  order to be able to administrate these facilities.

Research Interest and Activities: The following are the present areas of research interest: 1. Functional genomics 2. Analysis of microarray data 3. Interaction between the vector and the parasite.

]]> BioStar https://bioinformaticsonline.com/opportunity/view/43292/bioinformatics-scientist-production-bioinformatics-south-san-francisco-ca Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:45:24 -0500 <![CDATA[Bioinformatics Scientist, Production Bioinformatics @ South San Francisco, CA]]> wist is looking for a Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Production Bioinformatics Team. You will work alongside research scientists, software engineers and data scientists to further deliver on our mission to expand access to best-in-class synthetic biology and next-generation sequencing applications. You will be developing and engineering tools to better evaluate and build hardened, production quality pipelines, optimize data quality, and automate lab and bioinformatics processes. Our ideal candidate is an organized problem solver with a background in developing and building novel production-quality bioinformatics tools and packages. Equally excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work independently are required.

More at https://boards.greenhouse.io/twistbioscience/jobs/3135495?gh_src=9ecc0b941us

]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/poll/view/14927/which-of-the-following-programming-language-is-best-for-a-bioinformatics-beginner Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:51:16 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/poll/view/14927/which-of-the-following-programming-language-is-best-for-a-bioinformatics-beginner <![CDATA[Which of the following programming language is best for a bioinformatics beginner?]]> 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?

]]> Manisha Mishra https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/19059/ipython-interactive-notebooks Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:07:02 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/19059/ipython-interactive-notebooks <![CDATA[IPython: Interactive notebooks]]> The IPython Notebook is a web-based interactive computational environment where you can combine code execution, text, mathematics, plots and rich media into a single document.

These notebooks are normal files that can be shared with colleagues, converted to other formats such as HTML or PDF, etc. You can share any publicly available notebook by using the IPython Notebook Viewer service which will render it as a static web page. This makes it easy to give your colleagues a document they can read immediately without having to install anything.

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To learn more about using the IPython Notebook, you can visit our example collection, and you can read the documentation for all the details on how to use and configure the system. The Notebook Gallery showcases many interesting notebooks covering a variety of topics, from basic programming to advanced scientific computing.

 

More http://www.nature.com/news/interactive-notebooks-sharing-the-code-1.16261

http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/1/interactive/notebook.html

Reference http://ipython.org/notebook.html

]]> Rahul Nayak https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/19631/rosalind-bioinformatics-problems Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:32:48 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/19631/rosalind-bioinformatics-problems <![CDATA[Rosalind Bioinformatics problems !!!]]> Rosalind is a platform for learning bioinformatics and programming through problem solving. Take a tour to get the hang of how Rosalind works.

http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/

Address of the bookmark: http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/

]]> Abhi https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28200/machine-learning Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:57:12 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28200/machine-learning <![CDATA[Machine Learning !!!]]> In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions.

Keep scrolling. Using a data set about homes, we will create a machine learning model to distinguish homes in New York from homes in San Francisco.

Address of the bookmark: http://www.r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/

]]> Gudiya Pal https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/32076/ngs-teaching-material Wed, 05 Apr 2017 04:29:06 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/32076/ngs-teaching-material <![CDATA[NGS teaching material]]> High throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies are being applied to a wide range of important topics in biology. However, the analyses of non-model organisms, for which little previous sequence information is available, pose specific problems. This course addresses the specific strengths and weaknesses of alternative HTS technologies, the computational resources needed for HTS, and how to analyze non-model species using HTS. The course consists of a practical training module, HTS bioinformatics training, and lecturing/seminars of HTS approaches specifically targeting non-model organisms.

Address of the bookmark: http://marinetics.org/teaching/hts/Assembly.html

]]> Jit https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/42813/bioinformatics-in-africa-part5-nigeria Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:13:47 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/42813/bioinformatics-in-africa-part5-nigeria <![CDATA[Bioinformatics in Africa: Part5 - Nigeria]]> Covenant University (CU)­Ota:
Covenant University (with her enriching and growing state­of­the­art laboratories in the area of  science and technology, arts, business and social sciences) is presently the Best University in  Nigeria (Private University category), based on the recent over­all rating just concluded by the  Nigeria   University   Commission   (NUC).   Recently,   Covenant   University   has   initiated   the  establishment of a Centre for Applied Biotech, Bio­Informatics and Microbiology (CBBM) to be  situated at the University. The institute has been designed to be a Public­Private Partnership for a productive synergy b/w Academia, Industry and Government. The whole concept is still evolving  and more details will be release soon. As regards CBBM, a dedicated computing lab is in plan, but even our computing capacity is  presently enormous. In the department of Computer and Information Sciences, we have more than  250 Pentium 4 PCs set aside for teaching and research purposes. Furthermore, we have several  moderate speed PCs at the Postgraduate research lab and our engineering departments and units.  Our wet lab facilities is presently minimal (basic for teaching), the Centre requirement as it touches  the wet­laboratories is also set to upgrade this to basic tools expected at an international centre of learning.

University of Ibadan (UIB)­Ibadan:
There has been significant increase in the number of bioinformatics activities in Nigeria (and West Africa) since 2003 when the program was initiated by the West African Biotechnology Workshops Series (WABWS, http://www.wabw.org) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (in collaboration with  the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI, http:/www.sanbi.ac.za). Workshops  that were open to scientists from all African countries have seen a very high number of applications  from scientists based in West Africa. The encouraging desire to acquire cutting­edge skills to  computational process data and extract useful knowledge from genome projects led to the interest of  the West African Biotechnology Workshops (WABW) to develop an agenda to address the  bioinformatics skills gap among scientists in West Africa. An increased commitment from agencies  like NEPAD would be required in the provision of infrastructure to establish and sustain regional  and national networks.

University of Ilorin (UIL)­Ilorin:
The University of Ilorin was established in 1976 by the Federal Government of Nigeria.  Bioinformatics activities started at the University in February 2003 with the establishment of the  West African Bioinformatics Research Initiative (WABRI). However, progress has been rather slow  due to inadequate funding. We are mainly engaged in Bioinformatics training at the introductory  level and proteomics studies on various species of malaria parasites. Recently, we became interested  in comparative genome analysis of various species of  Plasmodium  and the comparison of  chloroquine sensitive and chloroquine resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Other activities  and areas of interest can be seen on our website, http://www.wabri.org, although not all our  proposed interests have been fully implemented due to our level of funding.

Training:
The University of Ilorin has introduced M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Computer Science (with  options in Bioinformatics). The programme is based in the Department of Computer Science and  emphasis is on the development of algorithms to solve problems in bioinformatics. The Covenant University offers M.Sc. and Ph.D in Computer Science with option in Bioinformatics  (Computational Biology). Furthermore, through affiliated departments, the CBBM is been design to award Diploma and Degree certificates in Biotechnology.

Web sites and links: http://www.covenantuniversity.com http://www.run.edu.ng http://www.uniben.edu http://www.wabri.org http://www.wabw.org http://www.unilorin.edu.ng http://www.wabri.org http://www.asopah.org

]]> BioStar https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/35805/python-learning-resources-for-bioinformatics-and-computational-biologist Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:54:15 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/35805/python-learning-resources-for-bioinformatics-and-computational-biologist <![CDATA[Python learning resources for bioinformatics and computational biologist !]]> Python is a general-purpose language, which means it can be used to build just about anything, which will be made easy with the right tools/libraries.

Professionally, Python is great for backend web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and scientific computing. Many developers have also used Python to build productivity tools, games, and desktop apps, so there are plenty of resources to help you learn how to do those as well.

For pros and cons visit http://www.bestprogramminglanguagefor.me/why-learn-python and http://bioinformaticsonline.com/discussion/view/459/python-vs-perl

More resources at https://github.com/CodementorIO/Python-Learning-Resources

Following are the list of useful python programming resources:

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