Interview with Vivek Iyer
In this interview, Victoria talks to Vivek Iyer, head of human genetics informatics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute Watch this video and leave your comments in the discussion section below. …
Course: Bioinformatics for Biologists: An Introduction to Linux, Bash Scripting, and R
Summary of Week 1
What we learned this week Congratulations on finishing Week 1 of the course! This week, we introduced you to Linux and explained why it is widely used in bioinformatics. We …
Interview with Sandra Reuter
In this video interview, Martin is talking to Sandra Reuter from the University of Freiburg in Germany. Watch this video in which Sandra explains her path from a bench biologist …
Glossary
Glossary of less known terms used in this course argument – generally, arguments are options controlling how functions and commands should operate on specific data bash – Bourne Again Shell …
Introduction to Week 1 by Martin and Mark
Watch your first week’s educators telling you about the content of this week of the course At this point, what are your expectations from the course? Do share your comments …
What the Next Three Weeks are About and Who are Your Educators?
What the next three weeks are about? In Week 1 of the course, we will introduce you to Linux and explain why it is widely used in bioinformatics. We will …
Bash Scripts- Good Practises
For the most part, it’s easy to write Bash scripts. What’s really tricky is writing good Bash scripts. What do we mean by this? In short, we mean writing “clean …
Learning Together
Your learning You will learn by watching videos, reading articles, doing exercises, checking your understanding in the quizzes and the final test, and through discussion with other learners. Please also …
Hints, Tips and Redirects
Watch this screencast by Martin Martin gives some tips on the Linux shortcuts and redirects. Hope you find this video useful in finding your way around in a Linux environment. …
Data Visualisation with ggplot2: Setting Themes, Coordinates and Labels
Data Visualisation in RStudio – other possible layers of information such as facets and scales Introduction Now that we learned how to choose our data, and apply layers of aesthetics …
How to write robust bash scripts
Sometimes, despite having the very best intentions, subtle issues can creep into your script causing it to fail with unintended consequences. Fortunately, there are commands available to help with minimising …
Linux: How to Track Script Progress and Redirect Outputs
In this article you will learn about some ways to track the progress of your script and to redirect script output to files Tracking the progress of your script Now, …
File Processing with AWK
AWK is a programming language. It is named after its three developers: Alfred Aho, Peter J Weinberger and Brian KernIghan It is particularly useful for processing text files and extracting …
Starting Useful Commands: wc to Count Aspects of a File
The UNIX wc command is a useful tool for counting the number of lines, words and characters in a file. In order to demonstrate the wc command, let’s create a …
Symbolic Links and Their Use
A symlink is a symbolic Linux/ UNIX link that points to another file or folder on your computer, or a connected file system. This is similar to a Windows shortcut. …
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Bioinformatics for Biologists: An Introduction to Linux, Bash Scripting, and R