Three reasons to use Git for bioinformatics projects
Source control is not just for software engineers. Using the tools that coders have written to support their work can make a computational biologist’s life massively easier. You’ll find that…
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BioIT World 2018
It’s that time of year again, folks: Bioinformatics Christmas. Or is it rather Thanksgiving, where the whole family gets together whether we like it or not? Either way, I’ll be…
Bioinformatics vs Computational Biology
The world of quantitative biology is large, diffuse and sometimes overwhelming. It’s hard sometimes to even figure out what someone means when they say “bioinformatics”. This can make it hard…
The Compiled Thesis: why computational biologists should use self-documented analysis
Most of us in the biotech space are fully onboard with the concept of reproducible research. Who thinks it’s a bad idea to be able to trace back from our…
The Sketchy Data Collector and the Problem with Repeated Measurements
I’ve been asked before to explain how repeated measurements can impact statistical models. We often bake repeated measurements – more than one measurement take on the same person, the same…
What does it mean to fit a model, anyway?
What on earth do people mean when they tell you they’re going to “fit a model”? Let’s start with what a model is. A model is a description of a…
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