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bio-duplicate-handling

Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup. Use when preparing alignments for variant calling or when duplicate reads would bias analysis.

bio-causal-genomics-effector-gene-prioritization

Maps GWAS-implicated loci to candidate effector (causal) genes by integrating variant-to-gene (V2G) features via Open Targets L2G (Mountjoy 2021), MAGMA gene-based association (de Leeuw 2015), FUMA SNP2GENE, cS2G combined SNP-to-gene scores (Gazal 2022),…

bio-pathway-enrichment-visualization

Visualize enrichment results using enrichplot package functions. Use when creating publication-quality figures from clusterProfiler results. Covers dotplot, barplot, cnetplot, emapplot, gseaplot2, ridgeplot, and treeplot.

bio-workflows-expression-to-pathways

Workflow from differential expression results to functional enrichment analysis. Covers GO, KEGG, Reactome enrichment with clusterProfiler and visualization. Use when taking DE results to pathway enrichment.

bio-workflows-fastq-to-variants

End-to-end DNA sequencing workflow from FASTQ files to variant calls. Covers QC, alignment with BWA, BAM processing, and variant calling with bcftools or GATK HaplotypeCaller. Use when calling variants from raw sequencing reads.

bio-causal-genomics-fine-mapping

Resolves GWAS associations to candidate causal variants and credible sets via SuSiE, susie_rss, FINEMAP, CAVIAR, DAP-G, PAINTOR, PolyFun, SuSiEx, MultiSuSiE, and FOCUS. Use when narrowing a GWAS lead SNP to a 95 percent credible set, choosing between…

bio-data-visualization-flow-and-transition-plots

Build Sankey, alluvial, river, and CONSORT-style flow diagrams to visualize cohort transitions, cell-state changes, or pipeline filtering using ggalluvial, networkD3, plotly, and consort. Use when showing how entities move between categories across timepoints…

bio-copy-number-focal-amplification-ecdna

Resolve the architecture of focal oncogene amplifications — extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycles, homogeneously staining regions (HSR), and linear amplification — from whole-genome sequencing with AmpliconArchitect, the…

bio-data-visualization-forest-funnel-plots

Build forest plots (HR, OR, RR, beta-coefficient summaries with CIs) and funnel plots (meta-analysis publication-bias diagnostics) using forestplot, metafor, ggforest, and MendelianRandomization with proper axis-scaling, summary-diamond placement, subgroup…

bio-free-energy-calculations

Performs alchemical free-energy calculations including relative binding free energy (RBFE / FEP+) and absolute binding free energy (ABFE) via OpenFE, FEP+, GROMACS, AMBER pmemd, and OpenMM with explicit lambda window scheduling, soft-core potentials, REST2…

bio-copy-number-gatk-cnv

Call copy number variants with the GATK best-practices workflows — the somatic CNV pipeline (CollectReadCounts, DenoiseReadCounts with tangent normalization, ModelSegments, CallCopyRatioSegments) and the germline GATK-gCNV pipeline…

bio-comparative-genomics-gene-family-evolution

Model gene-family birth-death dynamics across a species tree using CAFE5 (Mendes et al 2020 Bioinformatics 36:5516 gamma-distributed rate categories), CAFE5-error (annotation-error-aware), Count (Csurös 2010 ancestral state reconstruction), BadiRate (Librado…

bio-comparative-genomics-gene-tree-species-tree-reconciliation

Reconcile gene trees against a species tree under probabilistic models of duplication, transfer, and loss (DTL) using ALE (Szöllősi 2013 amalgamated likelihood), GeneRax (Morel 2020 ML reconciliation), AleRax (Morel 2024 co-estimation), Whale.jl (Bayesian…

bio-generative-design

Designs novel molecules using REINVENT 4 (de novo, scaffold decoration, linker design, R-group, molecular optimization), MolMIM, Diffusion-based generators (DiGress, DiffSMol), and JT-VAE with explicit handling of multi-parameter optimization (MPO),…

bio-comparative-genomics-genome-distance-and-species-delineation

Compute genome-to-genome distances (ANI, AAI, dDDH, k-mer Mash) and assign taxonomic classifications using skani (Shaw 2023), FastANI (Jain 2018), pyani / pyANI ANIb / ANIm, OrthoANI (Lee 2016), AAI (amino-acid identity), dDDH via TYGS / GGDC, GTDB-Tk…

bio-geo-data

Query and download from NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and EMBL-EBI's BioStudies/ArrayExpress mirror. Use when finding expression datasets, navigating SuperSeries vs SubSeries, choosing between series-matrix (submitter-normalized) and raw supplementary…

bio-copy-number-germline-cnv-interpretation

Classify constitutional (germline) copy number variants for clinical reporting using the 2019 ACMG/ClinGen technical standards points-based framework, with ClassifyCNV and AnnotSV for semi-automated scoring. Covers the separate copy-number-loss and…

bio-clinical-databases-gnomad-frequencies

Queries gnomAD v4 (807k samples), v3, v2.1.1, and constraint metrics with grpmax FAF95, bottleneck-group exclusion, LOEUF interpretation, SV/CNV/mtDNA catalogs, and Whiffin max-credible-AF framework. Use when filtering rare variants, applying ACMG BS1/BA1,…

bio-workflows-grn-pipeline

End-to-end gene regulatory network inference pipeline from processed single-cell data to regulon discovery and perturbation simulation. Supports RNA-only (pySCENIC) and multiome (SCENIC+) paths. Use when building gene regulatory networks from single-cell…

bio-workflows-gwas-pipeline

End-to-end GWAS workflow from VCF to association results. Covers PLINK QC, population structure correction, and association testing for case-control or quantitative traits. Use when running genome-wide association studies.

bio-comparative-genomics-hgt-detection

Detect horizontal gene transfer (HGT / LGT) using compositional methods (GC%, codon usage, tetranucleotide z-scores via SIGI-HMM, AlienHunter, IslandViewer 4, IslandPath-DIMOB), phylogenetic-incongruence methods (AvP, HGTphyloDetect, ALE / GeneRax / AleRax…

bio-clinical-databases-hla-typing

Calls HLA class I and class II alleles at 2/4/6/8-field resolution from WGS/WES/RNA-seq/long-read data using OptiType, HLA-LA, T1K, Polysolver, HLA-HD, arcasHLA, StarPhase, or HIBAG imputation. Use when typing for HSCT, solid-organ transplant, neoantigen…

bio-copy-number-hrd-scoring

Quantify homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) from tumor copy number using the three genomic-scar metrics — loss of heterozygosity (LOH), large-scale state transitions (LST), and telomeric allelic imbalance (TAI) — with scarHRD, and via the whole-genome…

bio-crispr-screens-in-vivo-screens

Designs and analyzes in vivo CRISPR screens in animal tumor models, organoids, and immune-cell adoptive transfers. Covers bottleneck math (250x cells/sgRNA requires ~25M cells implanted; impossible for most syngeneic models, forcing focused libraries),…

bio-interaction-databases

Query protein-protein and gene interaction databases (STRING, BioGRID, IntAct, SIGNOR, Reactome, HuRI, HuMAP, OmniPath, ConsensusPathDB, DIP). Use when building PPI networks, choosing between physical vs functional vs genetic interactions, signed/directed vs…

bio-comparative-genomics-introgression-detection

Detect introgression and admixture between species or populations using Dsuite (Malinsky 2021 fast D-statistics), Patterson's D / ABBA-BABA test (Green 2010; Durand 2011), f4-ratio and f-branch statistic (Malinsky 2018), TreeMix (Pickrell & Pritchard 2012),…

bio-isoform-switching

Analyzes differential transcript usage (DTU) and isoform switches with functional consequence prediction (NMD via 50nt rule, ORF disruption, protein domain loss/gain, signal peptide changes, IDR alterations, coding-potential shifts). Tools include…

bio-local-blast

Build local BLAST databases and run searches using NCBI BLAST+ command-line tools. Use when running >50 queries, building custom databases with -parse_seqids and -taxid, downloading prebuilt NCBI databases via update_blastdb.pl, choosing -task variants…

bio-long-read-splicing

Analyzes alternative splicing from PacBio Iso-Seq (HiFi, Kinnex/MAS-Iso-seq) and Oxford Nanopore (direct cDNA, direct RNA, R10.4.1+) long-read RNA-seq with full-isoform resolution. Tools include FLAIR (correct/collapse/quantify/diffSplice for PacBio + ONT),…

bio-data-visualization-matplotlib-fundamentals

Build publication-quality figures with matplotlib using the object-oriented Figure/Axes API, constrained_layout, rcParams customization, TrueType (Type-42) font embedding for journal submission, and CVD-safe palettes. Covers seaborn integration, common chart…

bio-causal-genomics-mediation-analysis

Decompose total effects into direct and indirect paths through mediators using mediation, CMAverse 4-way, HIMA/HIMA2 high-dimensional, BAMA, two-step / MVMR mediation, or double-ML medDML. Use when testing whether a molecular phenotype (expression,…

bio-workflows-metagenomics-pipeline

End-to-end metagenomics workflow from FASTQ to taxonomic and functional profiles. Covers Kraken2 classification, Bracken abundance estimation, and HUMAnN functional profiling. Use when profiling metagenomic samples.

bio-ml-docking-rescoring

Performs ML-based protein-ligand pose prediction and scoring using DiffDock-L (diffusion-based), Boltz-1 / Boltz-2 (foundation model with affinity), Chai-1, AlphaFold3 ligand, EquiBind, TANKBind, NeuralPLexer, and hybrid workflows (DiffDock pose + GNINA…

bio-molecular-io

Reads, writes, and converts molecular file formats (SMILES, InChI, SDF V2000/V3000, MOL2, PDB, MMTF) using RDKit and Open Babel with rigorous handling of aromaticity perception, stereochemistry, implicit/explicit hydrogens, kekulization, and salt/fragment…

bio-molecular-standardization

Standardizes molecular structures using ChEMBL chembl_structure_pipeline and RDKit rdMolStandardize covering sanitization, salt/solvent stripping, neutralization, tautomer canonicalization, stereochemistry standardization, mixture handling, and isotope…

bio-alignment-msa-parsing

Parse and analyze multiple sequence alignments using Biopython. Extract sequences, identify conserved regions, analyze gaps, work with annotations, and manipulate alignment data for downstream analysis. Use when parsing or manipulating multiple sequence…

bio-alignment-msa-statistics

Calculate alignment statistics including sequence identity, conservation scores, substitution matrices, and similarity metrics. Use when comparing alignment quality, measuring sequence divergence, and analyzing evolutionary patterns.

bio-clinical-databases-msi-detection

Calls microsatellite instability from WES/WGS/targeted-panel with MSIsensor, MSIsensor-pro, MSIsensor-ct (panel-aware), MSIngs, MANTIS, MSIPanel, MSIDetect, and ngsMSI for FDA pembrolizumab MSI-H pan-tumor / Lynch syndrome / dMMR ICI biomarker. Use when…

bio-workflows-multiome-pipeline

End-to-end multiome workflow for joint scRNA-seq + scATAC-seq analysis. Covers data loading, separate modality processing, and WNN integration with Seurat/Signac. Use when analyzing joint scRNA+scATAC data.

bio-alignment-multiple

Perform multiple sequence alignment using MAFFT, MUSCLE5, ClustalOmega, or T-Coffee. Guides tool and algorithm selection based on dataset size, sequence divergence, and downstream application. Use when aligning three or more homologous sequences for…