The CCDS project

The CCDS project tries to identify a core set of human and mouse protein coding regions in a stable manner.

Genomic Start Coordinates

Quick notes about different notations of the start coordinates of genomic features.

Coding Phases / Frames

The phase (or sometimes called frame) gives information on how to translate individual parts of a gene, the coding exons. Phases 1 & 2 have a different definition in GFF…

NoSQL Databases

Originally developed for large-scale web applications, nosql databases like to see themselves as next generation dbs and are using "not only sql".

Comparing instance prices on the Amazon cloud

As the largest cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers various options to use compute-power on an "as-needed" basis. You can choose what size and type of machine, what number of machines…