r/bioinformatics is a subreddit with 167k 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, academic, discussion, career question, and science question.
## A subreddit to discuss the intersection of computers and biology.
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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
Statistics Book
2 reviews
#1
Pevsner
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Compeau
4.0★ from 1 review
Remote Desktop Software
2 reviews
#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
: "scRNA-seq: Should I or should I not scale highly-variable genes before PCA?"
29 posts
#2
academic
: "Suggestions for learning to work with data"
14 posts
#3
discussion
: "Feel like my PhD in bioinformatics was a waste of time"
11 posts
#4
career question
: "You are not replaceable by AI"
10 posts
#5
science question
: "Recommendation for articles/reviews on challenges/status of Generative design of Bispecific antibodies"
4 posts
#6
article
: "Looking List of Gold Standard analysis and pipelines to study deeply for bioinformatics practictioners"
3 posts
#7
video
: "Claude was asked to inspect a phage RT locus and noticed a tandem repeat array nobody had asked it to look for"
2 posts
#8
programming
: "Genomics MCP: fetch genomic reads, variants and signal from archives and indexed files"
2 posts
#9
meta
: "[Meta] Help exporting search results/citations from Scopus & Cochrane for Meta-Analysis"
1 post
#10
website
: "Git/WeTransfer + Viewers for Bioinformatics (FREE RANGE ORGANICALLY HAND CODED, zero vibing coding involved)"
1 post
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Yearly
+24k members(16.5%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026