Human-specific gene expansions and brain evolution
Our newest article is out!
I am excited to share that our newest paper titled “Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution” has been published in Cell.
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Step-by-step tutorial to construct haplotype networks with PopArt
Bioinformatics diaries No. 2
In our recent bioRxiv pre-print, we drew inspiration from a previous study to use haplotype networks to investigate signatures of balancing selection in the duplicated human gene, CD8B.
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How to set up your local BLAST nucleotide database
Bioinformatics diaries No. 1
I have been working as a bioinformatician for ~8 years, but for some reason I never had to set up my own local nucleotide Blast database. Until now.
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My essential toolbox for bioinformatics - an update
Conda and Snakemake
More than a year after the original post, I decided to update this blog post with two other essential tools for the modern bioinformatician. Spoiler alert! These tools are Conda/Bioconda and Snakemake. My life without them would be incomplete, so...
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My essential toolbox for bioinformatics
My personal favorites
Nowadays, almost every scientific endeavor relies on computers to process and analyze data. Even if you are working mostly on the bench, you can really benefit from running your own computational pipelines to process and analyze your data.
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