Making Better Metaplots With ggplot, Part 2

Posted on Fri 28 June 2019 in how-to • Tagged with bioinformatics, data-visualization

Last time we prepared our data using Deeptools.

Now we're going to do something kind of scandalous. R and python, living together in peace. What is this madness? I like R's ecosystem for manipulating data and plotting with the tidyverse. It still requires some tweaking, but with a bit of …


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Making Better Metaplots With ggplot, Part 1

Posted on Thu 27 June 2019 in how-to • Tagged with bioinformatics, data-visualization

Commonly, in bioinformatics we're in the business of determining whether something, be it gene expression, or DNA methylation, or splicing, etc. is different between multiple conditions. Typically this would be done by comparing those data and using some kind of statistical test. However, with the continued advances in sequencing technologies …


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Managing Software on a Multiuser Linux System

Posted on Tue 25 June 2019 in how-to • Tagged with sysadmin

When I started my Ph.D. I had a good amount of experience working in a Linux environment on my own computers. Mostly as a hobby. My advisor had bought a small server several years previous for a post-doc's project and I was offered this system to use for my …


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Setting up a Static Site With Pelican and GitHub Pages

Posted on Sat 15 June 2019 in how-to • Tagged with tutorial, pelican

In an effort to aid in my future job searching I decided I needed a personal/professional website. It needed to look good, contain links to my relevant social and job-search profiles, host some examples of work from my Ph.D. , showcase my skillset, and host my CV. GitHub pages …


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