University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: November 2019

Docker saves the day – Roadmaps – rivem

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 NATURE paper! Summary: Problem: Professor wants to use a specific virology program called rivem (links below.) However, this only works on …

How to spot a misleading graph?

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 following YouTube video from Ted-Ed shows stunning examples on how our perception can be manipulated when graphs are created with obvious …

Bioinformatics – which computer language should I learn first?

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 result is that I created tutorials for bash, R and python. It seems that others agree, and I think this youtube …