Simon Twigger @ MCW

bioinformatics and related stuff

Posts Tagged ‘biobar’

Google Notebook and Reader: two useful tools for biomedical scientists

By Simon • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Bioinformatics, Screencasts, Tutorials

Following on from the presentation a few days ago I’ve created a quick screencast on SciVee showing how to use Google’s Notebook and Reader to manage information online. I use the example of SATB1, a gene that was recently published in Nature as being a ‘master regulator’ involved in the progression of breast cancer. When [...]



Seven Bioinformatics Secrets you should know

By Simon • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: Bioinformatics, Presentations, Tools

Unfortunately the live video recording didn’t work from the presentation today but I do have the audio which I will upload here in due course. In the meantime here is the final slide with the URLs for the websites and tools that I mentioned. If people are interested in specific sections I can do a [...]



SciVee video on the BioBar toolbar for Firefox

By Simon • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: Bioinformatics, Screencasts, Tutorials

I’ve just recorded a quick screencast on how to install and use the BioBar toolbar for Firefox. This is a nice addition to the browser if you search any of the various online sequence/genome databases on a regular basis. You can download the BioBar here: http://biobar.mozdev.org and as you can see in the video its a quick [...]