Containerisation for research software
Containerisation is the process of packaging software with its dependencies (eg. tools, libraries, configurations) into a container. Using containerisation improves Continue Reading …
Using alignment viewers: An Introduction with Aliview
When we are working on individual genes or proteins, or we just want to take a closer look at sequences, Continue Reading …
Getting started with population analysis in R
A population is another word for a group of individuals. For population studies we often want to analyse groups of Continue Reading …
Introduction to sequence analysis in R
In this post we will look at how to read, write and analyse fasta sequences in R using the ape, Continue Reading …
Highlights from RSECon24: Exascale and Isambard-AI
RSECon24 at Newcastle University Recently I attended RSECon24, the annual research software engineering conference hosted by the RSE society from Continue Reading …
Locating Epitopes Using Python
What are Epitopes? Epitopes are regions of a protein that can be recognised by an antibody or immune cells and Continue Reading …
Introduction to Exascale Computing
What is Exascale computing? Exascale computing refers to computing systems capable of performing at least one exaflop, or 1018 floating-point Continue Reading …
Finding the longest orf and in-frame stop codons using Python
This post will go through how to find the longest open reading frame (orf) from all 6 translated frames and Continue Reading …
Using Conda for a Python Project
What is Conda and why use it? Conda is an open-source package and environment management system available for Windows, macOS Continue Reading …
Translating open reading frames (orfs)
What is an open reading frame? The open reading frame, or orf for short, is the region of DNA between Continue Reading …