Summary Workshop Series available on Campus on R and Python. (For more details see further below.) – UW Libraries – Steenbock Library Workshops – UW Data Science Hub / Software Carpentry – Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC) Steenbock Library Workshops See details on announcement page: Learn how to use Python and/or R programming languages for …
Summary Simpson’s paradox is a fascinating statistical phenomenon where the observed relationship between two variables can be reversed when the data is divided into subgroups. For biologists and biochemists, this means that the correlation between two biological variables might change direction when considering an additional categorical variable, such as a specific species or experimental condition. …
Summary “Explore how David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their advances in computer-assisted protein design.” Video: How AI Cracked the Protein Folding Code and Won a Nobel Prize This 22min19 video provides a very good explanation of the origins of the research in protein structure, from …
Summary The NIH offers 2D bioart (bioart.niaid.nih.gov) with a public domain license, and collections of 3D models (3d.nih.gov) Free 2D Bio Art The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has released a series of sketch art that may prove …
R and Tidyverse Tabular Data Analysis I have updated the Tabular data analysis with R and Tidyverse course that analyze environmental health data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) a survey research program conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children …
“Data visualisation principles for enhancing effective scientific communication” Webinar Announcement: “Live Training” This webinar will provide an introduction to data visualisation principles. It includes a review of basic concepts and showcases tools to improve your understanding and use of data visualisation for improved accessibility to your research. Link: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/data-visualisation-principles-enhancing-effective-scientific-communication/ Quick Info: Register Date: 26 June …
Summary This Free EBI/EMBL on-line course “AlphaFold, A practical guide” provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts behind AlphaFold2, how users can run protein predictions and integrate these predictions into their projects, and how AlphaFold2 has been used to enhance research. Course info Cost: Free Time to complete: 3 hours Resources required: Google Account (computation …
Summary Molecule of the Month In the year 2000 David Goodsell started to provide stories on the The Protein Data Bank web site as the “molecule of the month” with his unique style that was later made available by the Qutemol software, unfortunately not updated since 2007 and therefore no longer working on many systems, …
Summary The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) offers events, including workshops hands-on, interactive training sessions. All events are listed on the NCBI Outreach Events page. Workshop recordings and materials remain available after the live sessions. NCBI Outreach Events The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a division of the National Library of Medicine …
Summary Workshop Series available on Campus on R and Python: – Biochem – Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC) – UW Libraries – SSteenbock Library Workshops – Computational Biology, Ecology, & Evolution (ComBEE) Study Groups R and Python at Biochem R and Python “Clubs” were established in late 2022. The Python Club is currently closed …