As a bioinformatician, you will be working with large amounts of biological and molecular data, which means that you need to have a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts in these fields. Molecular biology is a fascinating and complex field of study that deals with the study of the biological processes at the molecular level. …
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DNA sequencing is a way to read the genetic code that makes up all living things. It is like reading a recipe book for life, except that the “ingredients” are different molecules that make up the DNA. The state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technologies use advanced machines and computer programs to rapidly read and analyze large amounts …
Introduction The FASTA file format is a widely used text-based file format for storing biological sequence information, such as DNA and protein sequences. It was developed in the early 1980s by William Pearson and David Lipman, and it has since become the de facto standard for sequence data storage and exchange. In this article, we …
There are many free bioinformatics databases available, which offer a wealth of biological data and information. Some of the popular ones are discussed below. NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides access to various biological databases, such as GenBank, PubMed, Protein, and Nucleotide. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a public database …
In this article I will show you how to create common python plots using Python programming language and dummy data. People from Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) fields often have to deal with scientific charts and graphs. They might use it to communicate their findings as well as learn the latest findings from their …
This article describes a set of free PDF splitting and merging tools which is available offline. During our job or studies, we often process PDF files and images. These tasks include PDF merging, splitting, page removal, file size reduction, image cropping, etc. When you send an application out you might need your passport size photogram …
In this blog post, I am going to summarize the key ideas from the book titled “The Five Elements of Effective Thinking” written by Edward Burger and Michael Starbird along with my thoughts on the topic. The preface starts with arguing that thinking is the skill which forms all other skills like decision making, creativity, …
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The use of computational tools for data preprocessing and analysis is daily activity for any bioinformatician. Having a interdisciplinary field, a plethora of tools exist in the domain, written by developers from various fields and languages. Many times there can be multiple candidate tools exists to accomplish any given task. Often it is the decision …
This tutorial shows how to do molecular docking in colab. Molecular docking is an essential process in scientific drug discovery to predict the binding mode and affinity of a small molecule (ligand) to a target protein. This method can help to identify potential drug candidates by virtually screening large chemical libraries and selecting compounds that …
It is often required for aspiring data scientists to do portfolio projects either to show their skills or just simply for the pure joy of doing it. In either cases, the complexity of the project can be often a small one to medium one. To truly convince the recruiters, it is often required to do …