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23 November 2023
Learning Expert
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Plotting proportional data as nested circles in R

A guide demonstrating how to make a static nested circle plot using the R packages packcircles and ggplot2
23 November 2023
Learning Expert
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Marking telomeres on a simple ideogram in R

How to make a basic telomere-marked ideogram using just ggplot2.
23 November 2023
Learning Expert
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Plotting phylogenetic trees in R: alternating clade highlights

A guide to highlighting clades in phylogenetic trees in R
14 February 2020
Organisation
FEATURE | 5 min READ

NBI Africa Initiative: telling the untold story of research excellence in Africa

The Africa Initiative launches to celebrate and cultivate collaborations between NRP and Africa, while providing a home away from home for African researchers.
03 September 2019
Technology
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Python for biologists: the code of bioinformatics

The increasing necessity to process big data and develop algorithms in all fields of science mean that programming is becoming an essential skill for scientists, with Python the language of choice for the majority of bioinformaticians.
02 July 2019
Technology
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Docker for bioinformatics: reproducibility at the core

Reproducibility in science is key. How can containerisation tools such as Docker help bioinformatics and bioinformaticians?
17 September 2018
Technology
FEATURE | 3 min READ

Why code? Bioinformatics for decoding living systems

To celebrate National Coding Week, we ask some of our bioinformaticians here at EI why they code.