The bioDSC blog: first post

An introduction to the blog and its purpose.

Why a blog?

We want to use this blog to share, every now and then, what’s on our minds. For example, let’s say we read a few interesting papers on a new bioinformatics technique. Sometimes we install the tools, to see if we can get it to work on our own data, or on a small test dataset. It might not develop into a full tutorial or protocol, but instead of keeping it to ourselves, we will share it here on this blog. Who knows, maybe it’s useful for someone in the future!

Topics we aim to cover:

• Bioinformatics, from RNA-seq to comparative genomics and anything beyond that
• Data visualization, focussing on the ggplot universe in R
• Crunchomics, tips and tricks to use the high-performance compute cluster of the University of Amsterdam
• Data management and archiving

Do not hesitate to send us an email if you have ideas for new topics, or if you want to contribute to the blog by co-authoring a post!