/r/bioinformatics/

r/bioinformatics

164k members
r/bioinformatics is a subreddit with 164k members. The community frequently discusses bioinformatics, struggling, rna seq, phd, and time, and they frequently recommend/review statistics book, remote desktop software, and softwares, and the most common flair used is technical question, discussion, academic, career question, and article.
## A subreddit to discuss the intersection of computers and biology. ------ A subreddit dedicated to bioinformatics, computational genomics and systems biology.

Popular Topics in r/bioinformatics

#1

Bioinformatics

154 posts
#2

Struggling

24 posts
#3

Rna Seq

21 posts
#4

Phd

15 posts
#5

Time

14 posts
#6

Genomics

10 posts
#7

Scrnaseq

9 posts
#8

Satsang

8 posts
#9

Career

8 posts
#10

Frustrating

6 posts

Products Discussed in r/bioinformatics

#1
Pevsner
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Compeau
4.0 from 1 review
#1
RemotePC
4.0 from 1 review
#2
TeamViewer
4.0 from 1 review

Softwares

1 review
#1
AlphaFold
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/bioinformatics

#1
technical question
: "Confusion about scRNA Batch Integration"
28 posts
#2
discussion
: "The only computational person in a wet lab"
14 posts
#3
academic
: "Practice sequence data for making MSAs"
10 posts
#4
career question
: "How to improve myself by self teaching?"
6 posts
#5
article
: "New Ensembl Site"
6 posts
#6
programming
: "Quick guide to Bash for HPC use?"
4 posts
#7
website
: "Built a local, no-code AI training platform for health data. Not selling anything, just curious if there's interest."
3 posts
#8
science question
: "what is the current state of Pathology Foundation Models and what they can be used for ?"
3 posts
#9
other
: "Starting MSc in Bioinformatics"
2 posts
#10
talks/conferences
: "Shifting gears: EMBL symposium on"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/bioinformatics

Yearly
+24k members(16.9%)

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Last updated: August 24, 2026