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  2. Year: 2019
  3. Month: November

Month: November 2019

Docker saves the day – Roadmaps – rivem

Posted on November 26, 2019

Edit: April 8, 2025 Images were updated to remove the error that presented the roadmap in a mirror image. Docker saves the day! Here is a great example of how Docker can help save a …

Posted in bioinformatics, Computing, Docker, Docker, Molecular Graphics, Scientific Communication, Virology

How to spot a misleading graph?

Posted on November 22, 2019

As biochemists and biologists, like all scientists we convey results in the form of graphs. We also read papers that present results. More generally graphs are used in many aspects of every day news… The …

Posted in bioinformatics, Programming, StatisticsTagged analysis, bias, graphs, plots, results, statistics

Bioinformatics – which computer language should I learn first?

Posted on November 21, 2019

In the past years I have focused on what seemed to be the most useful bioinformatics tools for biologists that need to analyze data with software that does not have a graphical interface. The final …

Posted in bash, bioinformatics, Programming, Python, RTagged bioinformatics, computer language, data analysis, programming, python, R, RStudio

Docker notes – Shell Access to Running Container

Posted on November 1, 2019

In some instances we start a container, but it will default to immediately running a program within and prevent immediate shell access. This is possible since Docker version1.3 Assuming that the container is already running …

Posted in DockerTagged --it, bash, Docker, exec, rm, run, ssh

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