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> and hope that even more talented programmers will enter the fray

Where'd be a good place to start? And is it all statistical modelling and stuff, or what's involved in programming in the fight with cancer?



http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/ It's the 'bioinformatics stronghold' at Rosalind- I feel like explanations I might give would be lacking, but these being practice problems in genomics, they might explain it better! :) Certainly there's a lot of statistical modeling involved, but just as much, it's a matter of getting a large number of command line programs to work together and yield a usable result! Many tools that do not all play nicely together. XD

https://tutegenomics.com/ is the place I'm interning at right now, part time, while I also help at a lab at university. That website is pretty interesting, as well, you might find- and I'd best get back to work for now. Ask me any other questions you have, though, I'd be happy to help, just a little short on time at the moment. :)


Ah! I think Biostars might also be a good resource to get an idea for the programming, statistical, and biological techniques required- this link may help! https://www.biostars.org/t/Tutorials/?sort=followers&limit=a...

Good luck, viewer5! :)




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