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Devil’s Biological Dictionary #2: Antibody

Antibody, noun: A body’s personal security guard. They patrol the bloodstream. Their job: to spot and stop harmful intruders like viruses…

Feb 6

Devil’s Biological Dictionary #2: Antibody

Feb 6

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Devil’s Biological Dictionary #1: Vector

Vector, noun: A reformed rogue of the microscopic world, once specialising in chaos and disease, now intriguingly repurposed as a genetic…

Jan 27

Devil’s Biological Dictionary #1: Vector

Jan 27

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What are discrete cell states?

Discrete cell states represent the distinct functional stages that cells can assume, reflecting their diverse roles in biological…

Jan 20

What are discrete cell states?

Jan 20

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Bioinformatics with Rust

What is homology modelling?

Homology modelling, also known as comparative modelling, is a computational technique used in bioinformatics to predict the…

Jan 10

What is homology modelling?

Jan 10

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Bioinformatics with Rust

What is pathway analysis?

Pathway analysis is a method used in biology to understand how different molecules in a cell interact and work together to carry out…

Jan 7

What is pathway analysis?

Jan 7

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Bioinformatics with Rust

How to calculate biodiversity indices

Rust functions that return Simpson’s Diversity Index and Shannon-Weiner Index based on count of species and count of individuals within a…

Dec 30, 2023

How to calculate biodiversity indices

Dec 30, 2023

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Bioinformatics with Rust

How to build a virtual embryo

This work is a simplified version of an article published in Nature called how to build a virtual embryo.

Dec 28, 2023

How to build a virtual embryo

Dec 28, 2023

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How to model Mendelian inheritance

A Rust struct for solving Punnett Square problems

Dec 24, 2023

How to model Mendelian inheritance

Dec 24, 2023

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Understanding a genome browser: what are tracks?

I am just starting to learn the jargon biologists use. So looking at a genome browser is intimidating. But UCSC (University of California…

Dec 20, 2023

Understanding a genome browser: what are tracks?

Dec 20, 2023

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How to run a bash script in Rust

Bash scripting is a useful skill for computational biologists. Since writing all algorithms from scratch in Rust is not our goal, there are…

Dec 18, 2023

How to run a bash script in Rust

Dec 18, 2023

Drashti Shah

Drashti Shah

ESG & climate data scientist by day. Aspiring computational biologist and game designer by night. A Rust fan who believes in an "open career".

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