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 …
How to make and edit text files
When using the linux command line there will be many occasions where you need to manipulate text files. This includes: Continue Reading …
Happy leap year!
Just in case you’re interested (and, as i’m curious myself) here’s a few facts about leap years: Why do we Continue Reading …
grep, cut and piping on the command line
In an earlier post we were introduced to the Linux command line and command line tools now we will explore Continue Reading …
Python String Operations: Examples with DNA
What is a string? Python is particularly good for working with strings. In this post we introduce some of Python’s Continue Reading …
METALS 2023 Conference
Last week I attended the metals 2023 meeting, hosted by ESO Vitacura, Santiago. The conference brought together researchers working on Continue Reading …
Decoding phylogenetic tree shapes
Phylogenetic trees can tell us about more than just the hierarchical order of our dataset. Taken together the position of Continue Reading …
What is a Terremoto?
Yesterday was the start of Las Fiestas Patrias in Chile which marks the beginning of Chilean independence celebrations! As i’m Continue Reading …
Example of a Bioinformatic command line tool
Introducing Transeq Now we have a basic understanding of the command line and why we want to use it, let’s Continue Reading …
Why use Bioinformatic software via the command line?
Often bioinformaticians need to run multiple programs to achieve a specific task, each with their own commands, arguments and options. Continue Reading …