r/learnbioinformatics

Hi everyone, I was recently introduced to bioinformatics, and as a 3rd year CS student, I found it to be an interesting interdisciplinary field. For now, I have started taking some online bioinformatics courses bcs I think I'd like it more than what I'm doing now but I'm also curious as to how I could have a solid foundation in the subject and how I could do independent research of any kind (bioinformatics isnt big in my country so no internships). And if I can't do research, are there any projects that could prove what I've learnt to a potential research supervisor?

Does anyone have any advice?

Hi there I have just completed my 12th with 94% pcb (state board) and now want to join college in chandigarh for bsc bioinformatics basically 3yr program any recommendations for the best colleges out there in chandigarh according to academic lab infrastructure social life ..

Hey everyone,

I’m new to bioinformatics and diving into adaptive immune receptor repertoire (AIRR) data. I'm looking for the best databases or pipelines to handle two things:

Query Repertoire Data: Find public BCR/TCR sequence datasets.

Epitope Prediction: Predict antigen specificity for those sequences, or find data where the mapping is already done.

Are there any reliable "all-in-one" platforms for this, or should I expect to pair a data repository (like iReceptor or VDJdb) with separate ML tools?

Any web portal, Python, or R recommendations for a beginner would be awesome. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m thinking of vit bhopal for Bioinformatics or Health Informatics, but I don't know about the real scope in India.

If anyone can please tell me about these:

Actual scope and future opportunities in India

Placements

Faculty, curriculum, and teaching quality

Research/internship opportunities

Campus environment and academic pressure

Whether this branch is worth choosing or not

Please don't ignore😭.

Hi, I'm 1st year bsc Biotech student. My background is software engineer - and 2 years experience. I want to do msc in bioinformatics and get job in the UK where I live.

What hard or challenging it is to get first job in this field?

Thank you.

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Hey everyone!

I just finished my 1st year of BTech in Bioinformatics from Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT). Before 2nd year starts, we have a compulsory internship requirement along with a compulsory project submission.

Since I'm doing it online (Coursera, Udemy, or similar platforms), I wanted to ask the community – what courses would you recommend that are actually useful for a bioinformatics student long-term?

I'm open to anything – Python, ML, genomics, structural bioinformatics, databases – as long as it ties back to bioinformatics in some way. Ideally something that also gives me a certificate I can use for the internship submission.

A few things I'd love help with:

- Which platforms are best for bioinformatics-related courses?

- Any specific courses or specializations you'd strongly recommend?

- What skills are actually in demand if I want to go into research or industry later?

- Any project ideas that would work well as a submission? Preferably something doable in a short timeframe but still impressive enough to submit.

Thanks in advance! Any advice from people already in the field would mean a lot 🙏