Although Unix command line tools are great for text manipulation, one often faces more complicated problems. Therefore, if you”re serious about bioinformatics, on the long run, you definitely want to learn at least one programming language. Popular choices of bioinformaticians include Python, Perl, C# and Java.
Month: September 2013
Flashcard Fridays – Who’s under the lab coat?
In our crazy, publication driven scientific world, where everyone is struggling with the constant overflow of information, it’s easy to forget that there are actual people behind those tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of articles published each year.
So, in today’s post, I present you a few places, where you can catch a glimpse some of those faces behind the papers:
Workflow Wednesdays – Alignments – Format conversion
I could go on forever and ever about different short read aligners, but I think you get the gist of it. So let’s talk about alignment files! Most modern reference based aligners produce their output in sam format. If you’re not familiar with this file format, check out my post about alignment file formats!
As “sam” files are simple text files, they can take up a lot of place on your hard disk. To deal with this problem, the “bam” format was created, which is basically a binary, compressed variation of the sam format.
Webinar about the Brand New Features of Omixon Target HLA Typing 1.6
Broadcasting time: 20th Sep, 6 – 7 PM CEST
Come and join us online in a presentation about HLA typing by NGS and analysing result with Omixon Target. Our presenter will be Tim Hague, recently appointed CEO of Omixon.
This webinar will be about the new HLA Typing module features just released in Omixon Target 1.6, such as:
- new rare allele filtering options
- imbalanced allele detection
- viewing of alternative allele candidates within the Genome Browser
- comparison of allele references in masking mode.
In addition, we added new protocols for import and export of typing results, and more…
A live Q&A session will follow the presentation, offering you an opportunity to put forward any questions. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
Save your seat and register here.
Omixon at BSHI 2013 in Manchester
We are going to exhibit at the upcoming BSHI 2013 meeting, 4-5 September 2013, Manchester, UK. Manchester has historically been a scientific centre in the UK; home to scientists such as Dalton, Rutherford and more recently Alan Turing and Professor Brian Cox. We are happy to announce that our recently appointed CEO, Tim Hague is going to represent Omixon during the conference at booth No. 3. Contact us, if you would like to schedule a personal meeting or a demo.
