Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustDevil’s Biological Dictionary #2: AntibodyAntibody, noun: A body’s personal security guard. They patrol the bloodstream. Their job: to spot and stop harmful intruders like viruses…Feb 6Feb 6
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustDevil’s Biological Dictionary #1: VectorVector, noun: A reformed rogue of the microscopic world, once specialising in chaos and disease, now intriguingly repurposed as a genetic…Jan 27Jan 27
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustWhat are discrete cell states?Discrete cell states represent the distinct functional stages that cells can assume, reflecting their diverse roles in biological…Jan 20Jan 20
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustWhat is homology modelling?Homology modelling, also known as comparative modelling, is a computational technique used in bioinformatics to predict the…Jan 10Jan 10
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustWhat 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 71Jan 71
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustHow to calculate biodiversity indicesRust functions that return Simpson’s Diversity Index and Shannon-Weiner Index based on count of species and count of individuals within a…Dec 30, 20231Dec 30, 20231
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustHow to build a virtual embryoThis work is a simplified version of an article published in Nature called how to build a virtual embryo.Dec 28, 2023Dec 28, 2023
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustHow to model Mendelian inheritanceA Rust struct for solving Punnett Square problemsDec 24, 2023Dec 24, 2023
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustUnderstanding 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, 2023Dec 20, 2023
Drashti ShahinBioinformatics with RustHow to run a bash script in RustBash scripting is a useful skill for computational biologists. Since writing all algorithms from scratch in Rust is not our goal, there are…Dec 18, 20231Dec 18, 20231