Today was the first session of the Applied Bioinformatics course in the MedBioInfo graduate program. Our teachers are Amrei Binzer and Samuel Flores.
We started with introductions. Each student shared their name and research focus. Most of my classmates work with sequencing, structural biology, or single-cell data. It was great to hear the diversity of backgrounds.
🧬 What is SLUBI?
Amrei introduced us to SLUBI, the SLU Bioinformatics Infrastructure. This was my first time hearing about it.
🌿 Git & Branching with Samuel
Later, we worked hands-on with Git: creating commits, branching, and pushing to GitHub.
At first, it was a bit confusing, but after a few tries, I got the hang of it. Definitely a skill I need to practice.
🧠 Key Takeaways
- Your data needs to be usable and clear.
- Follow the FAIR principles:
→ Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable - If you want to reuse your own data, you need to keep it clean, structured, and understandable.
- Good documentation isn’t just for others — it’s how you remember what you did.
- Version control doesn’t have to be perfect.
Find what works for your project. The goal is to improve, not be flawless.
📌 Final Thought
I liked it. Everyone was very nice and the bike to get to SLU was beatiful (orange trees and lots of nature… I will add a picture tomorrow)