University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: October 2022

Do yourself a favor: learn Markdown – Episode 5. BibTeX interface for PubMed

Summary A web site to create BibTex entries for bibliography in R Markdown. R and Markdown This is a follow-up on 4 “Episodes” in previous posts titled “Do yourself a favor: learn Markdown…” To add bibliographical information it is necessary to write the information of a paper in the BibTex format. BibTeX-files may contain four …

Structural Bioinformatics with PyMOL plugin PyMod 3

Summary The PyMOD 3 version of the plug-in provides GUI interface within PyMOL for many bioinformatics tools such as BLAST, HMMER, Clustal, MUSCLE, PSIPRED, DOPE, and MODELLER. Web page: http://schubert.bio.uniroma1.it/pymod/ GitHub: https://github.com/pymodproject/pymod Reference Giacomo Janson, Alessandro Paiardini, PyMod 3: a complete suite for structural bioinformatics in PyMOL, Bioinformatics, Volume 37, Issue 10, 15 May 2021, …

How BLAST Works and Using Web BLAST Effectively

NCBI BLAST Workshop The NCBI workshop is designed for beginning BLAST users or people wanting a refresher on how blast works and some tips on how to run effective BLAST searches. – Materials: 2022-10_Basic-Web-BLAST – Slides, PDF: workshop_BLAST_Oct2022.pdf – Recording: has been added (See Workshop Video Tab on Materials page.) This workshop is suitable both …

Chateaubriand STEM Fellowship

Note: Updated November 30, 2022 Chateaubriand Fellowship The Chateaubriand Fellowship allows PhD students registered in an American university the opportunity to spend 4–9 months in France. The fellowship aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations or join projects between French and American research teams. US citizenship is not required (see eligibility (slow archived link) and guidelines.) …

New classroom, computers, workshops

New classroom, computers, workshops New Apple Macintosh M1 computers are ready for hosting new workshops in person again. Apple M1 Macintosh The classroom is now equipped with Macintosh mac-mini computers with the new M1 chip. These are attached to Dell 4K display monitors providing a crisp image and easy connections. New workshops While there are many …