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Msc Bioinformatics — Mumbai University

Just a guy who is curious

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Apr 2026 Member since

30 Questions

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Hey, so if you are looking at bioinformatics colleges in Mumbai, here is the real answer. Mumbai does not really have a well known standalone…

2 weeks ago

Thanks man. I've put this in my exam

4 months ago

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops and uses computational methods, software tools, and statistics to store, analyze, and interpret large, complex biological datasets, particularly…

4 months ago

If you're stuck with 15x coverage, you can try Raven or Miniasm as alternatives — they sometimes perform better at low coverage: ```bash raven --threads…

4 months ago
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For 120 protein sequences, MUSCLE5 and MAFFT are both excellent choices. MUSCLE5 is often more accurate; MAFFT is faster for very large datasets (>1000 sequences).…

4 months ago
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Here is the complete QIIME2 workflow for paired-end 16S data: **1. Import reads** ```bash qiime tools import --type 'SampleData[PairedEndSequencesWithQuality]' --input-path manifest.csv --input-format PairedEndFastqManifestPhred33V2 --output-path demux.qza…

4 months ago
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You need to first create the BLAST database using `makeblastdb` before you can query it. Here's the full workflow: ```python from Bio.Blast.Applications import NcbimakeblastdbCommandline, NcbiblastpCommandline…

4 months ago
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Use **cyvcf2** — it's ~20x faster than PyVCF because it wraps htslib in C: ```python from cyvcf2 import VCF import numpy as np vcf =…

4 months ago
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BioPython doesn't have a built-in pairwise identity function for MSAs, but it's easy to write one: ```python from Bio import AlignIO import numpy as np…

4 months ago
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For bacterial genomes with Flye and Nanopore reads, you generally want **30–60x coverage** for a good assembly. 15x is too low and explains the fragmentation.…

4 months ago