r/bioinformatics is a subreddit with 162k 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, article, and website.
## 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
: "Undergrad Learning Single Nuclei/Bioinfiormatics Part 3: Log Normalization Confusion"
26 posts
#2
discussion
: "I’m losing my passion for this field because of LLM prevalence!"
17 posts
#3
academic
: "Publication reputation"
14 posts
#4
article
: "COMBINE-lab - Fable is not a useful model"
6 posts
#5
website
: "Discover Bio relative event at once"
5 posts
#6
science question
: "Are agents like Claude Science any useful to biologists?"
4 posts
#7
programming
: "Wheat genotype fetch"
3 posts
#8
career question
: "Biomedical engineering masters vs Bioinformatics for industry in EU?"
3 posts
#9
talks/conferences
: "Conference paper vs Peer Review journal"
2 posts
#10
meta
: "If you use custom chromosome names, I hate you right now."
1 post
Member Growth in r/bioinformatics
Yearly
+24k members(17.7%)
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Last updated: July 12, 2026