We have done significant updates to the JupyterHub since we last posted. QUICKSTART: CLICK HERE to use our JupyterHub to go from reprocessed omic-data to publication figures in < 2 minutes We now offer an FTP site for bulk download of the reprocessed SkyMap data. We now offer a graphical user interface so that even […]
This blog post covers some of the rationales that I put into when designing SkyMap, the project which involves making >400,000 sequencing runs accessible to everyone. This post could be informative to you when you are designing your next Big Data application in Bioinformatics. I have listed some of the problems that I faced and […]
A lot of people ask me how I went from computer science to bioinformatics. Actually, the two fields aren’t that different. Computers store long-term data in a disk with 0’s and 1’s, while cells store long-term data in DNA as A, C, G, and T. Computers store transient data in the cache or RAM, while […]
Imagine what would happen if every day during lunch time, you had to consciously coordinate all of the steps in digestion: breaking down the food in your stomach, pushing the food through your intestines, and telling yourself to stop feeling hungry after eating. You would spend the entire day coordinating your digestive system! Eating is […]
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