Project for a beginner

Question

[taimoorkhan]

Hey there,

I'm new to bioinformatics. My background is BS- Biotechnology but I want to continue my studies further in bioinformatics.I have learned python and been practicing on rosalind.info for quite some time. Also started to learn R(not completed yet). Now I think I should work on some actual hands-on project.

Could you please suggest any good beginners project?

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

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Answer 1

[heskett]

The first thing I tell an intern to do in the lab is learn how to download sequencing data from a database like encode or the sequence read archive, try to calculate quality control metrics, and visualize. i highly recommend using Anaconda to help install software packages

[taimoorkhan]

Which one is the best practice using SRA toolkit alone or third party softwares that supports SRA?

[heskett]

Best practice is whichever one you can figure out more quickly, has the features you need to do the job, and you find to be reliable.