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- Contamination DetectionDetect contamination and assess genome quality using CheckM, CheckM2, GTDB-Tk, and GUNC for metagenome-assembled genomes and isolate assemblies. Use when checking assemblies for contamination.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Context Specific ModelsBuild tissue and condition-specific metabolic models using GIMME, iMAT, and INIT algorithms with expression data constraints. Create models that reflect cell-type specific metabolism. Use when building tissue-specific metabolic models or integrating transcriptomics with FBA.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Copy Number CorrectionCorrects the gene-independent copy-number artifact in CRISPR-Cas9 screens (Aguirre 2016 / Munoz 2016 Cancer Discov) where amplified loci appear essential from DNA-damage burden of simultaneous cuts. Covers the p53-dependent G2-arrest mechanism, CRISPRcleanR (Iorio 2018) unsupervised pre-hoc correction, CERES (Meyers 2017) joint CN + gene-effect model, Chronos (Dempster 2021) DepMap-standard population-dynamics + CN model with lowest residual bias, the decision tree by data availability, the S...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Copy Ratio SegmentationNormalize read-depth copy-ratio profiles and segment them into copy-number regions using circular binary segmentation (CBS, DNAcopy), hidden Markov models, HaarSeg, and fused-lasso methods. Covers GC-content, mappability, and replication-timing (wave-artifact) bias correction, panel-of-normals/PCA denoising, diploid-baseline centering, and algorithm selection by sequencing depth and event size. Use when choosing a segmentation algorithm, correcting depth bias, diagnosing oversegmentation or a...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Count Matrix QcQuality control and exploration of RNA-seq count matrices before differential expression. Check for outliers, batch effects, and sample relationships. Use when assessing count matrix quality before DE analysis.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Counts IngestLoad gene expression count matrices from various formats including CSV, TSV, featureCounts, Salmon, kallisto, and 10X. Use when importing quantification results for downstream analysis.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Covalent DesignDesigns covalent inhibitors and warheads targeting cysteine (most common, 98% of covalent drugs), lysine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, and aspartate residues, with explicit handling of warhead reactivity (acrylamide, chloroacetamide, vinyl sulfone, sulfonyl fluoride, fluorosulfate, aldehyde, boronate, nitrile), reversibility (kinact/Ki, t_residence), glutathione (GSH) stability, intrinsic reactivity assays, and covalent docking (DOCKovalent, GOLD, HCovDock). Use when designing covalent inhibi...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Coverage AnalysisCalculate read depth and coverage across genomic intervals using bedtools genomecov and coverage. Generate bedGraph files, compute per-base depth, and summarize coverage statistics. Use when assessing sequencing depth, creating coverage tracks, or evaluating target capture efficiency.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Crispr Editing PipelineEnd-to-end CRISPR experiment design from target selection to delivery-ready constructs. Covers guide RNA design, off-target assessment, and specialized editing strategies including knockouts, base editing, and HDR knockins. Use when designing complete CRISPR editing experiments for gene knockout, correction, or tagging.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Crispr Screen PipelineEnd-to-end pooled and single-cell CRISPR screen analysis from FASTQ to hit genes. Orchestrates library design QC, guide counting, six-stage screen QC (plasmid Gini, replicate Pearson, CEGv2 PR-AUC, copy-number artifact), method-appropriate hit calling across MAGeCK RRA/MLE, BAGEL2, drugZ, JACKS, and Chronos, cancer-cell-line copy-number correction (CRISPRcleanR / Chronos), batch correction for multi-batch screens, and the specialized branches for combinatorial paralog screens, single-cell Per...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Crispresso EditingQuantifies CRISPR editing outcomes with CRISPResso2 (Clement 2019 Nat Biotechnol) across Cas9-nuclease (indels, HDR), CBE and ABE base editors (target conversion + bystander), and prime editor (pegRNA-templated) modes. Covers single-amplicon (CRISPResso), multi-sample batch (CRISPRessoBatch), pooled-amplicon (CRISPRessoPooled), WGS off-target (CRISPRessoWGS), and sample-comparison (CRISPRessoCompare) workflows; quantification-window math that controls what is called edited; substitution-vs-in...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Crosslink Site DetectionDetect single-nucleotide crosslink (CL) sites in CLIP-seq data using truncation patterns (iCLIP/eCLIP CITS), crosslink-induced mutations (HITS-CLIP CIMS deletions, PAR-CLIP T-to-C), or HMM/kernel-density methods (PureCLIP, PARalyzer, CTK). Use when single-nucleotide resolution is required for motif registration (mCross), allele-specific binding (BEAPR), variant-effect prediction, or comparing crosslink chemistry across CLIP variants.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Cut And Run TagAnalyzes CUT&RUN (Skene Henikoff 2017) and CUT&Tag (Kaya-Okur 2019) chromatin profiling data. Handles SEACR vs MACS2 peak calling (with the btaf375 2025 benchmark guidance), pA-MNase vs pA-Tn5 vs pAG-Tn5 chimera differences, E. coli spike-in carryover normalization, IgG-only control logic (no input), characteristic fragment-size signatures (25-75 bp for CUT&Tag), and lower depth requirements (5M reads typical vs 25M for ChIP). Use when calling peaks from CUT&RUN/CUT&Tag, scaling by E. coli sp...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Cwl WorkflowsCreate portable, standards-based bioinformatics pipelines with Common Workflow Language (CWL). Use when building workflows that need maximum portability across execution platforms, sharing pipelines with collaborators using different systems, or contributing to community workflow registries.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Cytometry PipelineEnd-to-end flow cytometry workflow from FCS files to differential analysis. Orchestrates compensation, transformation, gating/clustering, and statistical testing with CATALYST/diffcyt. Use when processing flow or mass cytometry data end-to-end.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Dbsnp QueriesResolves rsIDs, navigates RsMergeArch/SNPHistory merge chains, and converts between rsID, SPDI, HGVS, and VCF representations using the dbSNP Build 156 JSON architecture. Use when normalizing variant identifiers, joining variant databases by cluster ID, or tracking deprecated rsIDs through historical merges.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- De ResultsExtract, filter, annotate, and export differential expression results from DESeq2 or edgeR. Use for identifying significant genes, applying multiple testing corrections, adding gene annotations, and preparing results for downstream analysis. Use when filtering and exporting DE analysis results.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- De VisualizationVisualize differential expression results using DESeq2/edgeR built-in functions. Covers plotMA, plotDispEsts, plotCounts, plotBCV, sample distance heatmaps, and p-value histograms. Use when visualizing differential expression results.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Deep Learning AtacSequence-based deep learning for ATAC-seq using chromBPNet, BPNet, scBasset, or EnFormer. Use when correcting Tn5 bias with neural networks beyond k-mer models, predicting per-base accessibility profiles, scoring in silico variant effects at GWAS or rare-variant SNPs, discovering motifs via DeepLIFT/TF-MoDISco from a trained model, or generating cell-type-specific accessibility predictions for unobserved cell states.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- DeepvariantDeep learning-based variant calling with Google DeepVariant. Provides high accuracy for germline SNPs and indels from Illumina, PacBio, and ONT data. Use when calling variants with DeepVariant deep learning caller or when highest germline calling accuracy is required.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Deseq2 BasicsPerform differential expression analysis using DESeq2 in R/Bioconductor. Use for analyzing RNA-seq count data, creating DESeqDataSet objects, running the DESeq workflow, and extracting results with log fold change shrinkage. Use when performing DE analysis with DESeq2.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential AccessibilityIdentify differentially accessible chromatin regions across conditions using DiffBind, csaw, DESeq2, or edgeR. Use when comparing ATAC-seq accessibility between treatment groups, choosing between consensus-peak vs sliding-window approaches, picking the correct normalization (full library vs reads-in-peaks), correcting batch with SVA/RUVseq, or interpreting log2FC and FDR thresholds in a chromatin context.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential BindingIdentifies differentially bound ChIP-seq regions between conditions using DiffBind, csaw (sliding windows), DESeq2/edgeR/PyDESeq2 on count matrices, NormR (control-aware), or MAnorm2. Distinguishes three distinct normalization problems (composition bias, trended bias, global shifts) and matches each to its appropriate fix including spike-in scaling. Use when comparing ChIP-seq binding between experimental conditions, choosing normalization for global vs local changes, integrating spike-in dat...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential ClipIdentify differentially bound regions across CLIP-seq conditions (knockdown vs control, treatment vs vehicle, disease vs healthy) using DEWSeq (sliding-window DESeq2), Flipper (Skipper-downstream), ASpeak, edgeR, or limma-voom. Use when computing condition-level changes in RBP binding intensity, choosing peak-level vs window-level vs crosslink-level testing, designing replicate experiments, or distinguishing biological binding shifts from technical confounders.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential Cpg TestingPer-CpG differential methylation testing from bisulfite sequencing count data or beta-value matrices. Covers beta and M-value computation, coverage filtering, statistical tests (Welch t-test, Mann-Whitney, limma, DSS beta-binomial), multiple testing correction, and effect size calculation. Use when comparing methylation at individual CpG sites between experimental groups from WGBS, RRBS, or targeted bisulfite sequencing.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential MirnaPerform differential expression analysis of miRNAs between conditions using DESeq2 or edgeR with small RNA-specific considerations. Use when identifying miRNAs that change between treatment groups, disease states, or developmental stages.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential NetworksCompare gene regulatory and co-expression networks between biological conditions to identify rewired regulatory relationships using DiffCorr. Detects gained, lost, and reversed gene-gene correlations between conditions. Use when comparing co-expression networks between disease vs control, treatment conditions, or developmental stages.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Differential SplicingDetects differential alternative splicing between conditions using rMATS-turbo (binomial LRT on junction counts), leafcutter (Dirichlet-multinomial GLM on intron clusters), MAJIQ V3 deltapsi/HET (Bayesian posterior on LSVs), SUPPA2 (empirical-null on TPM-derived PSI), or Shiba (junction-imbalance-corrected, 2025 SOTA at low coverage). Reports FDR-corrected significance and delta PSI effect sizes. Tools differ in statistical model, annotation dependence, calibration regime, and replicate-count...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Dimensionality Reduction PlotsProduce and interpret PCA, t-SNE, UMAP, and PHATE plots for high-dimensional omics data with rigor about which method preserves what (variance, local structure, manifold, transitions), hyperparameter sensitivity, and the well-documented limits of 2D embeddings. Covers PCA biplot/scree/loadings, t-SNE PCA initialization (Kobak-Berens 2019), UMAP n_neighbors/min_dist trade-offs, and the Chari-Pachter 2023 critique. Use when visualizing high-dimensional data — bulk PCA, single-cell embeddings, m...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Distance CalculationsCompute evolutionary distances and build phylogenetic trees using Biopython Bio.Phylo.TreeConstruction. Use when creating distance matrices from alignments, building NJ/UPGMA trees, generating bootstrap consensus, or needing quick exploratory phylogenies before running full ML analysis.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Divergence DatingEstimate divergence times using molecular clock models with BEAST2, MCMCTree, and TreePL. Use when dating speciation events, calibrating phylogenies with fossils, choosing between strict and relaxed clock models, or estimating evolutionary rates across lineages.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Dmr DetectionDifferentially methylated region (DMR) detection using methylKit tiles, bsseq BSmooth, and DMRcate. Use when identifying contiguous genomic regions with methylation differences between experimental conditions or cell types.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Drugz ChemogenomicAnalyzes CRISPR drug-modifier (chemogenomic) screens with drugZ (Li & Hart 2019 Genome Med), a bidirectional Z-score method that identifies synthetic-lethal sensitizing genes and resistance-conferring suppressor genes from vehicle vs drug comparisons. Covers vehicle-anchored design (not Day-0), the bidirectional Z math giving 2-3x sensitivity over MAGeCK / STARS / edgeR / RIGER on drug screens, per-gene sumZ and normZ, synth (sensitizer) vs supp (suppressor) FDR, multi-dose handling, integrat...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Duplicate HandlingMark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup. Use when preparing alignments for variant calling or when duplicate reads would bias analysis.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Edger BasicsPerform differential expression analysis using edgeR in R/Bioconductor. Use for analyzing RNA-seq count data with the quasi-likelihood F-test framework, creating DGEList objects, normalization, dispersion estimation, and statistical testing. Use when performing DE analysis with edgeR.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Edna MetabarcodingProcesses environmental DNA metabarcoding data from raw amplicon reads to species occurrence tables using OBITools3, DADA2, and taxonomic assignment against BOLD, MIDORI2, or MitoFish databases. Handles COI, 12S, rbcL, and ITS barcode regions with primer removal, denoising, chimera detection, and contamination filtering via decontam. Includes occupancy modeling (occumb) for detection probability correction. Use when analyzing eDNA from water, soil, or bulk samples for biodiversity monitoring....Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Edna PipelineEnd-to-end eDNA metabarcoding from raw amplicons to community ecology. Covers QC, primer removal, denoising with OBITools3 or DADA2, contamination filtering, taxonomy assignment, Hill number diversity, and constrained ordination. Use when processing environmental DNA samples for biodiversity assessment or ecological surveys.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Effect MeasuresComputes and interprets treatment effect measures (OR, RR, RD, HR, NNT) with calibrated confidence intervals (Wilson, Newcombe, Miettinen-Nurminen, MOVER, profile likelihood, Bender NNT) and reports marginal vs conditional estimands per FDA 2023 covariate adjustment guidance. Use when reporting treatment effects in confirmatory trials, comparing effect sizes across studies, or constructing forest plots.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Effector Gene PrioritizationMaps GWAS-implicated loci to candidate effector (causal) genes by integrating variant-to-gene (V2G) features via Open Targets L2G (Mountjoy 2021), MAGMA gene-based association (de Leeuw 2015), FUMA SNP2GENE, cS2G combined SNP-to-gene scores (Gazal 2022), Polygenic Priority Scores (PoPS, Weeks 2023), FLAMES, INQUISIT, DEPICT, and enhancer-gene predictors (ABC, ENCODE-rE2G). Use when narrowing a GWAS lead locus to a candidate causal gene, picking between proximity, eQTL-based, and similarity-ba...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Enhancer Gene LinkingPredict enhancer-gene regulatory connections from ATAC-seq using ABC, ENCODE-rE2G, HiChIP, or Cicero. Use when linking distal enhancers to target genes, choosing between contact-aware (ABC, ENCODE-rE2G), accessibility-only (Cicero), and orthogonal (HiChIP H3K27ac, EpiMap) approaches, validating predictions against CRISPRi-FlowFISH gold-standard, or building cell-type-specific regulatory maps for fine-mapping or therapeutic target discovery.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Enrichment VisualizationVisualize enrichment results using enrichplot package functions. Use when creating publication-quality figures from clusterProfiler results. Covers dotplot, barplot, cnetplot, emapplot, gseaplot2, ridgeplot, and treeplot.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Entrez FetchRetrieve 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 objects. Covers nucleotide, protein, gene, pubmed, sra, gds, taxonomy, snp, clinvar.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Entrez LinkFind 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 warnings, neighbor_history for >200 input IDs, and per-database link tables.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Entrez SearchSearch 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. Covers PubMed, Nucleotide, Protein, Gene, SRA, GEO, Assembly, Taxonomy, ClinVar, dbSNP.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Enzyme SelectionSelect restriction enzymes by criteria using Biopython Bio.Restriction. Find enzymes that cut once, don't cut, produce specific overhangs, are commercially available, or have compatible ends for cloning. Use when selecting restriction enzymes for cloning or analysis.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Eukaryotic Gene PredictionPredict protein-coding genes in eukaryotic genomes using BRAKER3 for combined RNA-seq and protein evidence, or GALBA for protein-only evidence. Runs Augustus with trained parameters for accurate gene models. Use when annotating a newly assembled eukaryotic genome or improving existing gene predictions.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Expression To PathwaysWorkflow from differential expression results to functional enrichment analysis. Covers GO, KEGG, Reactome enrichment with clusterProfiler and visualization. Use when taking DE results to pathway enrichment.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Fastq To VariantsEnd-to-end DNA sequencing workflow from FASTQ files to variant calls. Covers QC, alignment with BWA, BAM processing, and variant calling with bcftools or GATK HaplotypeCaller. Use when calling variants from raw sequencing reads.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Featurecounts CountingCount reads per gene from aligned BAM files using Subread featureCounts. Use when processing BAM files from STAR/HISAT2 to generate gene-level counts for DESeq2/edgeR.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171
- Figure ExportExports publication-ready figures in various formats with proper resolution, sizing, and typography. Use when preparing figures for journal submission, creating vector graphics for presentations, or ensuring consistent figure styling across analyses.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 171