Beginner level projects for bioinformatics.

Question

[vaishnavi]

Hi, I am a 1 year masters bioinformatics student and I have skills such as python and I am looking for some beginner level projects to add in my CV. Can anyone suggest me some good projects?

[Ankit]

May be you can try using your Python skills to create a custom script which can incorporates SNPs into a fasta files or full genome of an organism (eg Human).

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

see Are There Open Bioinformatics Projects That A Beginner Could Learn From? Project For A Beginner Bioinformatics Student Open Source Project For Beginner How To Get Started In Bioinformatics? Hi. A Beginner. Need Some Ideas For Project. Bioinformatics project for a beginner ....

[Dunois]

Try implementing a de Bruijn graph assembler? (Should be quite straightforward in python.)

Answer 1

[petrandent]

My first project in Bioinformatics was to make a plot with GC content throughout a small genome. I have done this with Python... Also a more trikcy project for beginner was to try to find all ORFs in a genome , you can also use python for that, although it can be done with R too....

Answer 2

[jared.andrews07]

Work through problems on Rosalind and maybe take a crack at some of the more bioinformatics-related challenges on Kaggle.