Bioinformatics for Beginners – Interactive Programming Tutorials

09/09/2013

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.

Flashcard Fridays – Who’s under the lab coat?

06/09/2013

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...

Workflow Wednesdays – Alignments – Format conversion

04/09/2013

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...

Webinar about the Brand New Features of Omixon Target HLA Typing 1.6

02/09/2013

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. REGISTER HERE This webinar will be about the new HLA Typing...

Omixon at BSHI 2013 in Manchester

02/09/2013

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...