Microbial Bioinformatics

Micro binfie podcast

Science EN ↓ 155 episodes

Microbial Bioinformatics is a rapidly changing field marrying computer science and microbiology. Join us as we share some tips and tricks we’ve learnt over the years. If you’re student just getting to grips to the field, or someone who just wants to keep tabs on the latest and greatest - this podcast is for you. The hosts are Dr. Lee - a bioinformatician in the United States, Dr. Nabil-Fareed Alikhan from the University of Oxford (UK), and Prof. Andrew Page from Origin Sciences (UK) and bring together years of experience in microbial bioinformatics. The opinions expressed here are our own and...

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Microbial Bioinformatics

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04 History of Genotyping - The early years 31.10.2019 28:39

Genotyping is at the foundation of modern microbiology. We discuss all of the techniques used in the preNGS era.

03 FASTQ - all your bases are belong to us 17.10.2019 18:17

FASTQ files are the foundation of modern bioinformatics. Tune into an informal chat between Lee, Nabil and Andrew as they tell the story of how FASTQs evolved out of nowhere, with all the backstories and qwerks. You might even learn something.

02 What bioinformatics software not to write part 2 03.10.2019 21:27

In this episode we identify areas of “Peak-bioinformatics”. There are a lot of existing bioinformatics software out there - more often than not the new tool you want to write already exists or a new tool cannot effectively improve. We discuss this in terms of metagenomics and anti microbial resistance. Question and comments? microbinfie@gmail.com SHOW NOTES Generally, novel software is not needed...

01 What bioinformatics software not to write part 1 19.09.2019 23:52

In this episode we identify areas of “Peak-bioinformatics”. There are a lot of existing bioinformatics software out there - more often than not the new tool you want to write already exists or a new tool cannot effectively improve. We discuss this in terms of genome assembly, read mapping and phylogenetics. Question and comments? microbinfie@gmail.com SHOW NOTES Generally, novel software is not ne...

00 Trailer 17.09.2019 0:51

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