Exploring evolutionary patterns in data
When using the linux command line there will be many occasions where you need to manipulate text files. This includes: For the exercises in this post I will be using JSLinux hosted by Fabrice Bellard you can access it here. Making an empty text file Continue Reading …
Just in case you’re interested (and, as i’m curious myself) here’s a few facts about leap years: Why do we need leap years? The solar year, also called the tropical year, is the time it takes for the earth to Continue Reading …
In an earlier post we were introduced to the Linux command line and command line tools now we will explore two essential command line tools grep and cut that can be used to wrangle with text on the command-line. Using Continue Reading …
What is a string? Python is particularly good for working with strings. In this post we introduce some of Python’s powerful built-in features and functions for string operations. But first, What is a string? A string is a sequence of Continue Reading …
Last week I attended the metals 2023 meeting, hosted by ESO Vitacura, Santiago. The conference brought together researchers working on Metal distribution in the Universe with a large focus on chemical abundances produced during various astrophysical events and the hierarchical Continue Reading …
Phylogenetic trees can tell us about more than just the hierarchical order of our dataset. Taken together the position of internal nodes, the number of edges descending from a node and the edge lengths in the tree can be very Continue Reading …
Yesterday was the start of Las Fiestas Patrias in Chile which marks the beginning of Chilean independence celebrations! As i’m busy writing up some work this month’s post is going to be a recipe…….because……why not? A Terremoto is a classic Continue Reading …
Introducing Transeq Now we have a basic understanding of the command line and why we want to use it, let’s look at an example of a bioinformatic command line tool. Transeq is a tool that translates DNA sequences to their Continue Reading …
Often bioinformaticians need to run multiple programs to achieve a specific task, each with their own commands, arguments and options. These programs usually run sequentially i.e the output of each program needs to be given as input to the next Continue Reading …
Linux and the command line Linux is an open source operating system – anyone can use, modify and distribute this software and it is maintained by a group of dedicated developers, cool huh!? You will find that many tools commonly Continue Reading …