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Curated bioinformatics learning materials, databases, and tools

Learning

9 resources

Learn bioinformatics by solving problems. Covers Python, algorithms, and classical bioinformatics problems interactively.

beginner algorithms python
OSSU Bioinformatics β†’ βœ“ Open Source

A free, open-source self-paced curriculum for a complete bioinformatics education, curated from top university courses.

curriculum self-paced

Free online training courses in bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, and data analysis from the European Bioinformatics Institute.

courses genomics proteomics

Workshop materials from the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core covering RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, scRNA-seq, and more.

workshops rna-seq single-cell

Hundreds of free, community-developed tutorials for data analysis using Galaxy β€” from genomics to proteomics and imaging.

tutorials galaxy community
TeachOpenCADD β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Jupyter-based teaching platform for computer-aided drug design using open-source Python tools. By the Volkamer Lab at CharitΓ© Berlin.

CADD drug-design python

Clearly explained statistics and machine learning concepts, with a strong focus on biology and bioinformatics applications.

statistics machine-learning youtube
The Carpentries β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Hands-on lessons for Shell, Git, Python, and R β€” designed for researchers with no programming background.

programming data-skills

Seven-course specialization by Pavel Pevzner and Phillip Compeau (UC San Diego) covering algorithms and sequence analysis.

algorithms coursera sequence-analysis

MD & Drug Design

5 resources

The most widely used GROMACS tutorial series by Justin Lemkul. Covers protein-ligand systems, membranes, and free energy calculations.

GROMACS MD tutorials

Official NAMD tutorials from the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at UIUC. Covers equilibration, steered MD, and free energy perturbation.

NAMD MD tutorials

Web platform for building complex biomolecular systems. Generates ready-to-run input files for GROMACS, NAMD, AMBER, and CHARMM.

system-builder GROMACS NAMD AMBER
TeachOpenCADD β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Open-source, Python-based platform covering ligand-based and structure-based drug design in Jupyter notebooks.

CADD drug-design jupyter

Galaxy-based workflows for MD simulation analysis β€” integrates GROMACS, MDAnalysis, and visualization tools in reproducible pipelines.

galaxy GROMACS reproducible

Databases

10 resources

Home of GenBank, PubMed, BLAST, RefSeq, and many other essential life-sciences databases and tools.

genomics literature sequences

Comprehensive protein sequence and functional annotation database, covering Swiss-Prot (curated) and TrEMBL (automated).

proteins annotation

Archive of 3D structural data of proteins, nucleic acids, and complexes determined by X-ray, NMR, and cryo-EM.

protein-structure 3d

AI-predicted protein structures for nearly all known proteins, produced by DeepMind and EMBL-EBI.

protein-structure AI prediction

Genome browser and annotation database for vertebrate and model organism genomes, maintained by EMBL-EBI.

genome annotation browser

Public repository for high-throughput gene expression and functional genomics data (microarray, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, etc.).

gene-expression transcriptomics

Database of known and predicted protein–protein interactions, integrating experiments, text mining, and comparative genomics.

protein-interactions networks

Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes β€” reference database for biological pathways, diseases, drugs, and genomes.

pathways metabolism

International effort to map every cell type in the human body using single-cell genomics and spatial transcriptomics.

single-cell atlas transcriptomics

Gene expression data across human tissues and the genetic variants (eQTLs) that regulate them.

gene-expression eQTL tissues

Tools & Software

9 resources
nf-core β†’ βœ“ Open Source

A community effort to collect curated, peer-reviewed Nextflow pipelines. 100+ analysis pipelines ready to run, covering RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, scRNA-seq, variant calling, and more.

nextflow pipelines community
Galaxy Project β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Web-based platform for accessible, reproducible bioinformatics analysis β€” no command line required.

web-platform reproducible beginners
Bioconductor β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Open-source R packages for bioinformatics: differential expression, ChIP-seq, single-cell, and more.

R packages genomics
GATK β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Genome Analysis Toolkit by the Broad Institute β€” industry-standard tools for variant discovery in high-throughput sequencing data.

variant-calling WGS WES
Nextflow β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Reactive workflow framework for scalable and reproducible bioinformatics pipelines across HPC and cloud environments.

workflow pipelines HPC
Snakemake β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Python-based workflow management system for reproducible and scalable data analyses.

workflow python pipelines
BLAST β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Basic Local Alignment Search Tool β€” find regions of similarity between nucleotide or protein sequences and database entries.

sequence-search alignment
Cytoscape β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Open-source platform for visualizing and analyzing biological networks and pathways.

networks visualization

High-performance desktop and web application for interactive exploration of genomic data.

genome-browser visualization

Community

3 resources

Question & answer forum for bioinformatics β€” search before posting, the answer is probably already there.

forum Q&A

International organization for students and young researchers in computational biology, affiliated with ISCB.

community networking
RSG Turkiye GitHub β†’ βœ“ Open Source

Our organization's GitHub β€” past training materials, scripts, and resources from RSG Turkiye events.

training open-source