Build clustered heatmaps for expression matrices and other features-by-samples data with rigorous distance/linkage/scaling choices, robust color mapping, optimal leaf ordering, and ComplexHeatmap/pheatmap/seaborn rendering. Covers the ward.D vs ward.D2 trap, the row-vs-column scaling decision, multi-track annotations…
Build interactive HTML/web visualizations with plotly (Python/R), bokeh (Python), and gganimate/plotly frames for animation, with awareness of current Kaleido static-export model (post-orca-EOL), HTML file-size bloat, and the limits of interactive-only output for journal submission. Use when producing…
Plot per-gene mutation distributions on a protein-domain map (lollipop / needle plots) showing mutation position, recurrence count, and variant classification with maftools, g3-lollipop, trackViewer, and ProteinPaint. Use when visualizing recurrent mutation hotspots on a single gene's protein, marking domain…
Build Manhattan, Miami, QQ, and locuszoom-style regional plots from GWAS, TWAS, PWAS, and QTL summary statistics with correct genomic-inflation diagnostics, multi-trait overlays, lead-SNP labeling, and LD-aware regional rendering. Use when visualizing association results across the genome, comparing two traits…
Build publication-quality figures with matplotlib using the object-oriented Figure/Axes API, constrainedlayout, rcParams customization, TrueType (Type-42) font embedding for journal submission, and CVD-safe palettes. Covers seaborn integration, common chart types, axis formatting, and the small gotchas that…
Compose multi-panel publication figures with patchwork, cowplot, gridExtra (R), or matplotlib GridSpec/subfigures (Python) including shared axes/legends/guides collection, panel labels in Nature/Cell convention, and journal-spec sizing. Covers patchwork ≥1.2.0 axes='collect' feature, Type-42 font embedding, and the…
Build OncoPrint and co-mutation matrix plots from somatic-variant cohorts using ComplexHeatmap, maftools, and comut.py with alteration-type stacking, sample ordering by mutational burden, mutual-exclusivity overlays, and clinical annotation tracks. Use when visualizing per-sample mutation patterns across recurrent…
Build sequence logos from aligned DNA, RNA, or protein motifs using ggseqlogo (R), Logomaker (Python), or WebLogo with explicit bits vs probability encoding, background-frequency correction, custom alphabets, and multi-logo stacking. Use when visualizing motif PWMs (TF binding, splice sites, CRISPR spacers)…
Add p-value brackets, significance asterisks, and effect-size annotations to distribution plots using ggpubr, ggsignif, and statannotations with correct test selection (parametric vs non-parametric vs paired), multiple-testing adjustment, and rendering of negative results. Use when a boxplot/violin/raincloud needs…
Build UpSet plots to visualize set intersections beyond 4 sets (where Venn fails) using ComplexUpset (modern, ggplot2-grammar) or the unmaintained UpSetR, with explicit cardinality vs degree sorting, attribute panels, and query highlighting. Use when comparing overlap across many gene sets, peak sets, variant lists…
Build volcano and MA plots from differential-expression / association results with LFC shrinkage, FDR-adjusted thresholds, sensible label placement, and axis-truncation conventions. Covers EnhancedVolcano, ggplot2, matplotlib, and the apeglm/ashr/normal shrinkage decision. Use when visualizing differential-expression…
Download large datasets from NCBI efficiently using EPost, history server, batching, rate limiting, and retry logic. Use when bulk-fetching tens of thousands of sequences, pulling all results of a large ESearch, designing reproducible pipelines, comparing E-utilities to NCBI Datasets v2 CLI, or implementing…
Bulk-query Ensembl BioMart (and other BioMart instances) for cross-database ID mapping, gene/transcript/exon coordinates, and ortholog tables. Use when batch-converting Ensembl IDs to other namespaces (HGNC, RefSeq, UniProt, Entrez), pulling gene coordinate tables for thousands of genes, building ortholog wide-tables…
Run remote BLAST searches against NCBI servers using Biopython Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW. Use when identifying unknown sequences, finding homologs, picking the correct BLAST program (blastn/blastp/blastx/tblastn/tblastx/psiblast/megablast/dc-megablast), interpreting Karlin-Altschul E-values, avoiding the maxtargetseqs trap…
Retrieve records from NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (EFetch, ESummary). Use when downloading sequences, fetching GenBank/GenPept records, getting document summaries, parsing nested XML, navigating GI deprecation, choosing between rettype+retmode combinations, and parsing into Biopython SeqRecord/SwissProt…
Find cross-database references between NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (ELink). Use when navigating gene to protein/structure, sequence to publication, PubMed to GEO, BioProject to SRA runs, or discovering all link relationships for a record. Covers linkname semantics, cmd= variants, asymmetric link…
Search NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (ESearch, EInfo, EGQuery, ESpell). Use when finding records by keyword, building reproducible field-qualified queries, navigating the Entrez Query Translator, exploiting the history server for large result sets, handling retmax caps, or interpreting weekly index lag.…
Query and download from NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and EMBL-EBI's BioStudies/ArrayExpress mirror. Use when finding expression datasets, navigating SuperSeries vs SubSeries, choosing between series-matrix (submitter-normalized) and raw supplementary files, downloading via GEOparse (Python) or GEOquery…
Query protein-protein and gene interaction databases (STRING, BioGRID, IntAct, SIGNOR, Reactome, HuRI, HuMAP, OmniPath, ConsensusPathDB, DIP). Use when building PPI networks, choosing between physical vs functional vs genetic interactions, signed/directed vs undirected, high-throughput vs curated, picking confidence…
Build local BLAST databases and run searches using NCBI BLAST+ command-line tools. Use when running >50 queries, building custom databases with -parseseqids and -taxid, downloading prebuilt NCBI databases via updateblastdb.pl, choosing -task variants (megablast/dc-megablast/blastn/blastn-short), tuning soft/hard…
Download genome assemblies, gene records, and ortholog data from NCBI using the modern Datasets v2 CLI (replaces assemblysummary.txt scraping and many EFetch workflows). Use when bulk-pulling genome assemblies, gene metadata across species, ortholog sets, or BLAST databases; when E-utilities are too slow for…
Pull pre-computed ortholog calls from public databases (OrthoDB, Ensembl Compara, OMA browser, eggNOG, PANTHER, KEGG Orthology, HomoloGene) via their REST APIs. Use when orthologs are already curated upstream, when the question is "what is the X ortholog of Y" rather than "how to infer orthology de novo", when…
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