Life is not fair

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Bringing Bioinformatics Analysis to Your Lab Door

Info for non-science readers:
SNPs are one of the most common types of genetic variation. A SNP is a single base pair mutation at a specific locus, usually consisting of two alleles (where the rare allele frequency is >1%). SNPs are found to be the etiology of many human diseases.
SNP genotyping is the measurement of genetic variations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) between members of a species. It is a form of genotyping, the measurement of the genetic variation more generally.
Exome sequencing is an efficient strategy to selectively sequence the coding regions of the human genome to identify novel genes associated with rare and common disorders.
RNA-seq is a revolutionary tool for transcriptomics refers to the use of high-throughput sequencing technologies to sequence cDNA in order to get information about a sample's RNA content, a technique that is quickly becoming invaluable in the study of diseases like cancer.
[Wikipedia]

If you repeat more than once, then write a script to do it!

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Bioinformaticians: They can work from anywhere

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Inside the bioinformatician's cubicle

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Don't ask this question to a computational biologist!

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When a computational biologist working on the algorithm.

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After the third scene, then there may be a fourth one where we can add the "KABOOOM" stage! :)

Bioinformatician's nightmare-2

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Previously I drew another nightmare and it is under this link --->"Bioinformatician's nightmare"
and now this is version-2
and yes there are so many versions to draw..:)

Information is everything

A scientific flash disc

A scientific flash disc of our modern times....

Cloud computing: A Smart Cloud

Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a marketing term for technologies that provide computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the services [Wikipedia].

Today is 11.11.11

I can always do my own experiments!

Possibility of  having  an "undo" option in this life is great. Although most of the times this "undo" option is in the fairy tales.
I was trained as a medical biochemist and molecular biologist, then I did my PhD in computational biology, this story "possibly" was inspired from my own experience, I guess :).
It is also a good thing to have both experiences; being behind the lab bench and then being behind the computer screen.

Bioinformatician's nightmare!

Different builds, different versions, different formats and there is no consistency. Oh! actually there is consistency...Data accumulation is getting faster and faster
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Flying over the Manhattan plots

Data analysis,
Manhattan plots,
next generation sequencing,
genomics,
bla bla bla...
and
Start to fly over the data...

Nothing Is What It Seems!

Lost in data

Data accumulation is huge, pace is fast. Latest technological developments enable scientists to do the research in a wider window. But at the same time in this chaotic times, it is possible to be lost in data, lost focus,..etc.

By the way try the new tool that I developed "MOODS". While working in this huge jungle, how do you feel? Map your moods on the Biocomicals MOODS Map,...don't hesitate. :) You can send your mood from this link, it takes 4-7 seconds only. :)

PLoS Computational Biology’s 2011 T-shirt Design

I am not posting a cartoon this time.
The illustration above is the winner of PLoS Computational Biology's 2011 T-shirt Design contest.
My design won this year's contest. I am happy to announce it from here as well, more info is on PLoS.

When a computational biologist works for long hours...

Sequence analysis: Just analyze me please!

Info for non-science readers:

The term "sequence analysis" in biology implies subjecting a DNA or peptide sequence to sequence alignment, sequence databases, repeated sequence searches, or other bioinformatics methods on a computer. [Wikipedia]