Getting taxonomy from NCBI with R & rentrez

A while ago I got the opportunity to learn something new when collaborating on a small sideproject - accessing the NCBI Entrez query system with R and the rentrez package. Here is a brief tutorial showing a few things one can do with the package. Read more…

Friends for remote computing

These are my friends for remote computing - handy little programs and tools that make my work at remote HPC clusters a lot nicer. Most of these friendly tools are command-line programs, but I will also show a few graphical tools and plugins that can make our life easier. Read more…

Conda cheat sheet

The cheat sheet for conda - a package manager for science and HPCs - is here! We have all the commands and links you need! Read more…

MetaCentrum

MetaCentrum is an organisation managing a national grid of clusters for scientific computing. All academics and students at Czech institutions can use its resources for free. Read more…

Linux on Windows

New tutorial! This time we will have a quick look on how to enter the world of Linux command line from a Windows computer, with as little friction as possible. Read more…

Linux for terrified biologists

I wrote a tutorial a while ago to help biologists like me with the struggles of linux command line. I decided to publish it here for larger audience to benefit from it. Read more…

Jupyter and R for Scientists

This tutorial provides an introduction to using Jupyter and conda manager for scientists working with R. Read more…