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Covariates and control variables explained
This post tries to clarify what are covariates and control variables, and discuss how to treat them in the context of omics data analysis.
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Filter BAM/SAM files by insert size
In this blog post, we will talk about what is the insert size in Illumina sequencing reads, and how to find it in SAM/BAM files, and how to filter BAM files with it.
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Bioinformatics approaches to understanding the MoA of a compound
In March 2019, I was invited by Dr. Adrian Roth to give a lecture about bioinformatics approaches to understanding the MoA of a compound to master students of pharmacy in the course series of From Novel Targets To Novel Therapeutic Modalities at the University of Basel.
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Building R and/or R packages for Windows
For those who often work with R code, it is convenient to package commonly used functions, data structures, documentations and other helping files into packages. Prior to submission of such packages to CRAN, it is necessary to go through the CRAN policies and the checklist for CRAN submissions to make sure that the package meets the standard of CRAN.
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Disable non-portable compiler flags with ~/.R/Makevars
Sometimes
R CMD checkcomplains about non-portable compiler settings. To overcome such warning messages, setup a~/.R/Makevarsfile with the following content.