r/learnbioinformatics

8k members
r/learnbioinformatics is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and opportunities, and the community frequently discusses bioinformatics, data science, computer science, statistics, and biology.
Educational materials for those who wish to learn bioinformatics.

Popular Themes in r/learnbioinformatics

#1
Advice Requests
: "IPTV Firestick Compatibility for Canadian Sports from Various Sources—What Strategies Work for You?"
15 posts
#2
Opportunities
: "Looking for remote genomic research opportunities"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Missing the informatics from the Bioinformatics. How to keep up?"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I just launched a Python for Bioinformatics course!"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Does it make sense to go for more expensive MS program?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/learnbioinformatics

#1

Bioinformatics

: "Bioinformatics Project - Data Science for Drug Discovery Part 1 | Data Collection and Pre-Processing"
150 posts
#2

Data Science

: "Data Science for Computational Drug Discovery using Python (Part 2 with PyCaret)"
48 posts
#3

Computer Science

47 posts
#4

Statistics

: "Tutorial on how to calculate descriptive Statistics"
46 posts
#5

Biology

46 posts
#6

Tutorial

: "I made a Tutorial to teach basic R and bioinformatics, without assuming any programming background. It's meant to take ~1 hour. If you try it, I'd be interested to hear your experience."
35 posts
#7

Learning

: "10 Things I Wish I Knew About Learning Data Science"
18 posts
#8

Python

: "Building a Bioinformatics Web App in Python (Streamlit Tutorial Part 7)"
18 posts
#9

Machine Learning

: "Machine Learning for Drug Discovery (Explained in 2 minutes)"
11 posts
#10

Project

: "Bioinformatics Project - Data Science for Drug Discovery Part 1 | Data Collection and Pre-Processing"
9 posts

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+1k members(20.0%)

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Last updated: July 23, 2026