Publishing date: 2020-08-18
Published on: PLOS Computational Biology
summary: In this software paper, Page et al develop ‘AlbaTraDIS’; a software application for rapid large-scale comparative analysis of TraDIS experiments that predicts the impact of transposon insertions on nearby genes.
Publishing date: 2020-08-18
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: This mixed methods study consisted of in-depth interviews with 14 biomedical researchers before and after participation in an introductory programming workshop. During the interviews, participants described their research workflows and responded to a quantitative checklist measuring reproducible behaviors.
Publishing date: 2020-08-18
Published on: PLOS Computational Biology
summary: bigPint is a software package for interactive and static data visualisation in R. It scales comfortably to large datasets, sporting graphs that include scatterplots, violin plots, and litre plots.
Publishing date: 2020-08-18
Published on: PLOS Computational Biology
summary: In this study, Butenko et al propose a new open-source simulation platform that comprises computer-aided design and computer-aided engineering tools for highly automated evaluation of electric field distribution and neural activation during Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).
Publishing date: 2020-08-18
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: High throughput RNA-Seq has become a staple in modern molecular biology, with applications not only in quantifying gene expression but also in isoform-level analysis of the RNA transcripts.
Publishing date: 2020-08-18
Published on: PLOS Computational Biology
summary: In this report, Zimin and Salzberg present the assembly polishing tool POLCA (POLishing by Calling Alternatives) and compare its performance with two other popular polishing programs, Pilon and Racon.
Publishing date: 2020-06-15
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: Channel Editor Summary: The paper describes a high speed camera system, capable of reaching frame rates of ~2300 frames per second in its max speed setting.
Publishing date: 2020-06-15
Published on: bioRxiv
summary: None
authors: Jakub Nedbal, Lu Gao, Klaus Suhling
link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.01.071878
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Publishing date: 2020-06-15
Published on: HardwareX
summary: None
authors: Sure jMouli, Ramaswamy Palaniappan
link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00113
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Publishing date: 2020-06-15
Published on: HardwareX
summary: In this work, Mouy et al describe the “FishCam”, a low-cost (500 USD) autonomous camera package to record videos and images underwater. The system is composed of easily accessible components and can be programmed to turn ON and OFF on customizable schedules.