/r/bioinformatics/

r/bioinformatics

160k members
r/bioinformatics is a subreddit with 160k 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, article, and other.
## 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
: "Claude"
97 posts
#2
academic
: "Where can I teach myself bioinformatics and data visualization?"
32 posts
#3
discussion
: "YCRG Labs - Fake AI papers"
30 posts
#4
article
: "Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: Reports"
9 posts
#5
other
: "biorender is getting so expensive for small labs... any alternatives?"
7 posts
#6
career question
: "Is it normal to feel overwhelmed?"
6 posts
#7
programming
: "R is driving me insane"
5 posts
#8
website
: "Built a “Reddit for research papers” — would love feedback"
5 posts
#9
talks/conferences
: "Highschooler at ismb 2026 😭"
2 posts
#10
benchwork
: "bbduk, fastp or skewer, what to chose ??"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/bioinformatics

Yearly
+24k members(17.6%)

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Last updated: June 9, 2026