July 4, 2021
Introduction to Protein Primary structure Analysis
Primary Structure Proteins are macromolecules comprising the 20 naturally occurring amino acids. Amino acids, held together by peptide bonds, make…
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June 6, 2021
Overview of Molecular Structure Databases
Protein Data Bank (PDB) The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is a database of experimentally determined crystal structures of biological macromolecules…
December 5, 2020
Frequently asked questions about bioinformatics
What is bioinformatics and its scope? Bioinformatics is the use of computer technology to store information in some forms of…
August 22, 2020
Bioinformatics for Novel Corona Virus-SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
The very first bioinformatic breakthrough in this outbreak was the detailing of the new coronavirus’ biological sequence. The genome of…
August 22, 2019
Quantum Computing application in bioinformatics
Quantum computing with its ability to calculate and solve algorithms in parallel, at speeds far faster than conventional computers promises…
August 21, 2019
Protein Secondary Structure Prediction-Tips to improve prediction
Protein Secondary Structure Prediction-Background theory The secondary structures imply the hierarchy by providing repeating sets of interactions between functional groups…
August 14, 2019
Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) – Exploring the Dark Matter of Biology
Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a moonshot for biology that aims to sequence, catalog, and characterize the…
August 5, 2019
Human Metabolome Database-Overview
The Human Metabolome Database or HMDB (www.hmdb.ca) is a piece of web-enabled metabolomic information containing comprehensive information regarding human metabolites…
August 5, 2019
Introduction to Biological Pathway Databases
What is Biological Pathway? A biological pathway is a series of interactions among molecules in a cell that leads to…
July 30, 2019
Computer Primer Design-Bioinformatics
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a very versatile gene amplification method that has brought a tremendous…
July 28, 2019
Introduction to Machine learning-Bioinformatics
Introduction The Machine Learning field evolved from the broad field of Artificial Intelligence, which aims to mimic intelligent abilities of…
July 26, 2019
Installing linux on windows-bioinformatics analysis
Installing linux on windows-bioinformatics analysis Virtual Machine (VM) VM is a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal…
July 22, 2019
Bioinformatics for metabolomics Overview
BIOINFORMATICS FOR METABOLOMICS Metabolomics generates large amounts of data like other functional genomics research. It is a clear challenge for…
July 22, 2019
Motif- Sequence & Structure motifs-Bioinformatics analysis
Motif A short (usually not more than 20 amino acids) conserved sequence of biological significance. Motif are of two types…
July 22, 2019
Homologue, orthologue and Paralogue-Bioinformatics
Homolog, ortholog and Paralog-Bioinformatics Both concepts are illustrated by the gene trees above (a gene tree is…
July 22, 2019
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) for bioinformatics
What is BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool)? In bioinformatics, BLAST (basic local alignment search tool) is an algorithm for…
July 17, 2019
Linux cheat sheets-Bioinformatics/NGS analysis
The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce students to the frequently used tools for Next Generation Sequenceing (NGS) analysis…
July 16, 2019
Getting started in linux-Bioinformatics
Basic Linux/Unix Command for bioinformatics The objective of this activity is to promote understanding of basic UNIX commands. It is…
July 11, 2019
Amino acid and Pseudo-amino acid composition
Amino acids play a central role in the building block of protein. The primary structure of the protein is determined…
July 10, 2019
Interpreting dot plot-bioinformatics with an example
In bioinformatics a dot plot is a graphical method that allows the comparison of two biological sequences and identify regions…