Exploring evolutionary patterns in data
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 …
Assigning dynamic variable names Sometimes you want to use dynamic variable names, these are variable names that change (dynamically) per iteration. In the basic example below each value in the vector my.vec is iteratively re-named. Example First a dynamic name Continue Reading …
The meeting Last month, whilst visiting collaborators and family in the UK, I attended the European Mathematical Genetics (EMGM 2023)meeting hosted by the University of Surrey. The idea was to attend to broaden my ideas for our work on applying Continue Reading …
What is a loop? We can think of loops as actions that return to the start after they have accomplished something. Loops can be set up to iterate a fixed number of times, until a certain condition is met or Continue Reading …
FASTA files DNA, amino acid and RNA sequences are often stored in FASTA file format. So what is a FASTA file? FASTA files are used to store sequences of DNA, amino acids or RNA. The FASTA format consists of a Continue Reading …
What is Python? Python is an object oriented, interpreted programming language that is used for tasks including scientific computing, data analysis and web development. Object-oriented programming languages organise software design around data, or objects, rather than functions and logic. Python Continue Reading …
The focus of this blog begins with Bioinformatics, so I guess you were wondering – what is Bioinformatics!? Fundamentally, bioinformatics is the application of information science to understand biological complexity. Put simply – it is the use of computers to Continue Reading …
There are a few tools available to help you decide which journal is the most relevant for your research. First you can enter the title or abstract of your paper into an online tool JANE. This tool will make a Continue Reading …
Rooted trees A rooted tree is a tree diagram where the branches are ordered descending from a ‘root point’ The root is the oldest part of the tree and tells us the direction of evolution, with the flow of information Continue Reading …