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Tag: bioinformatics

Jupytext 2-way reformat of Jupyter notebooks

Jupytext can save and reformat Jupyter notebooks I was trying to test a Jupyter notebook from NCBI titled “Getting Started with NCBI Data in Python” (March 2, 2022) that is now on a “Binder” web page. However, the system kept stalling, but I was given access to the “raw” script. To my surprise the format …

Intermediate Research Software Development in Python

  Intermediate Research Software Development in Python Greetings everyone and Club members, (apologies i you receive duplicates) This may be more of interest to intermediate/advanced Python users: A Spring Break mini course offered by the local chapter of Software Carpentry at the UW-Madison Data Science Hub, March 13th – 17th , 9am-1pm: This course aims …

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 …

bioinformatics tutorials

  June 26, 2020. I have added a new entry under the “Tutorials” menu for “bioinformatics” to provide a place for tutorials that are more than just about one subject. “bioinformatics is the science of collecting and analyzing complex biochemical and biological information using computers.” It may provide the tools to “look under the hood” …

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 …

Docker notes – Bypass entrypoint

When activated by the docker run command, some docker container immediately start a software within. This can be useful for the author of the image, but for others it may cause issues. Here is one example amongst many, from a series: Bioinformatics Docker Images Project  which may be difficult for some users due to the use of …