How to get a short summary of an academic paper
Semantic Scholar is the Allen Institute’s search engine for scientific literature. I recently stumbled across a useful feature, it uses Continue Reading …
Introduction to tree diagrams
In this post we will go through the different types of tree diagrams you may encounter in evolutionary studies. There Continue Reading …
How to learn any Bioinformatics tool fast
Bioinformatics tools can be complex and often come with many different parameters. Understanding the technicalities of how a new tool Continue Reading …
How to install an R package from source
If you want to install an older version of an R package the easiest way is to find the package Continue Reading …
Experiments with digital art
So recently I have been doing some photography and playing around in GIMP (the image manipulation program). I’m having a Continue Reading …
How to read data into R
Before we can use R for data analysis we first need to read in our data. R can read in Continue Reading …
Tips for testing scripts and pipelines
When writing a pipeline or a script there is inevitably some trial and error involved. One way to help yourself Continue Reading …
Tips for self learning bioinformatics
Anyone can learn anything Coming from a molecular biology background I briefly learnt bioinformatics and R and was lucky enough Continue Reading …
How to install and load packages in R
R packages contain functions, compiled code and often example datasets. To install a package you use the install.packages() function, for Continue Reading …
Getting started with R and Rstudio
First of all, what is R and why do we use it? R is a programming language developed by statisticians Continue Reading …