Print edition of Python for the Life Sciences is now available

Amber Biology is proud to announce that our book Python for the Life Sciences is now available in print…

Amber Biology, Computational Biology, Python, Software Development, TrainingAlex LancasterFebruary 2, 2017software, software development, programming, coding, computational biology, python, computation, computer science, programming language

Amber Biology presenting on biological pattern formation at Jan 23 Boston Python Meetup

Amber Biology is presenting at the Boston Python Meetup, on the modeling of biological pattern formation ...

Amber Biology, Bioinformatics, Mathematical Biology, Modeling & Simulation, Python, Software Development, Systems Biology, TrainingAlex LancasterJanuary 23, 2017computational biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, stochastic modeling, dynamic modeling, deterministic modeling, calculus, differential equations

Python for the Life Sciences eBook now available in ePub and mobi formats

Python for the Life Sciences has been updated and improved, and is now available in EPUB, PDF and MOBI digital formats …

Amber Biology, Computational Biology, Python, Software Development, TrainingAlex LancasterJanuary 18, 2017software, software development, programming, coding, computational biology, python, computation, computer science, programming language

Amber Biology is proud to be a sponsor of the first Ronin Institute Unconference in Cambridge, MA

Those interested in joining the movement to build new models for doing research and scholarship ...

Amber Biology, Careers, TrainingGordon WebsterOctober 24, 2016ronin institute, independent scholarship, research, academia

For the life scientist, learning to code is like learning to fly

The great majority of life scientists still often use calculators or spreadsheets, for handling their research data ...

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Mathematical Biology, Modeling & Simulation, Python, Software Development, Statistical Analysis, TrainingGordon WebsterOctober 18, 2016

Python For The Life Sciences is now available on Leanpub!

Amber Biology is proud to announce that our book Python For The Life Sciences is now available via Leanpub

Amber Biology, Computational Biology, Python, Software Development, TrainingAlex LancasterOctober 17, 2016software, software development, programming, coding, computational biology, python, computation, computer science, programming language

Book update: Python and the 96-well plate

There’s hardly a life science lab you can walk into these days, without seeing a ton of 96-well plates ...

Amber Biology, Computational Biology, Python, Software Development, TrainingGordon WebsterAugust 29, 2016software, software development, programming, coding, computational biology, python, computation, computer science, programming language

An Intuitive Video Introduction To Bayes’ Theorem

A little while back on The Digital Biologist, we published a 2-part introduction to Bayes’ Theorem ...

Bioinformatics, Biomarkers, Computational Biology, Mathematical Biology, Statistical Analysis, TrainingGordon WebsterJuly 25, 2016bayes theorem, statistics, statistical analysis, biostatistics, biomarkers, probability, conditional probability, bayesian

Amber Biology is proud to sponsor Spring meetup of Sydney University alumni

Amber Biology is proud to co-sponsor an informal meetup for Sydney Uni alumni and friends at the John Harvard Brew Pub in Harvard Square ...

Amber Biology, Startups, Training, CareersAlex LancasterMay 16, 2016australia, sydney university, startups, entrepreneur

A spring surprise: computational analysis unearths potential prions in plants

A new paper involving Amber Biology consultants, illustrates the power of bioinformatics to find intriguing features in proteomes …

Computational Biology, Mathematical Biology, Modeling & Simulation, Systems BiologyAlex LancasterMay 10, 2016computational biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, stochastic modeling, dynamic modeling, deterministic modeling, calculus, differential equations, prions

Big Data Does Not Equal Big Knowledge

… the life science Big Data scene is largely Big Hype.

The Central Role Of User Experience Design In Scientific Modeling

Data is not knowledge. Data can reveal relationships between events –

Quantifying cost-effectiveness of scientific cloud computing in genomics and beyond

Cheap “computing as a utility” has the potential to bring scientific large-scale analyses within reach of smaller organizations ...

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Mathematical Biology, Software DevelopmentAlex LancasterNovember 9, 2015genome, genomics, genetics, genes, next-generation sequencing, sequencing, ngs, alleles, cloud computing

Symposium On The Future Of Research 2015

it’s great to see researchers taking things into their own hands and getting behind a truly grassroots organization ...

Amber Biology, CareersGordon WebsterNovember 4, 2015future of research, academia, postdocs, careers, research

The art of deimmunizing therapeutic proteins

As designers of therapeutic proteins and antibodies, how can we take advantage of an immunological “short-cut”, to make our molecules less immunogenic?

Bioinformatics, Modeling & Simulation, Structural Biology, Immunotherapy, Protein EngineeringGordon WebsterSeptember 23, 2015

What innovation isn’t

Scott Berkun’s book “The Myths of Innovation” is a refreshing and unpretentious take on this overused buzzword..

Business, StartupsAlex LancasterSeptember 13, 2015innovation, entrepreneurs, startups, silicon valley, business

All Big Data is equal, but some Big Data may be more equal than others

It’s often widely assumed that decisions made by algorithms are more “neutral” and “fair” than those made by people.

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Mathematical Biology, Statistical AnalysisAlex LancasterSeptember 4, 2015computational biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, stochastic modeling, dynamic modeling, deterministic modeling, calculus, differential equations, big data, data science, data analysis

John Holland, Echo and agent-based models in biology

The sad passing of evolutionary computation and genetic algorithm pioneer John H. Holland earlier this week ...

Computational Biology, Software Development, AI & Deep Learning, AlgorithmsAlex LancasterAugust 14, 2015artificial intelligence, deep learning, genetic algorithms, AI, john holland, complex adaptive systems

An excellent R&D team is more like a jazz ensemble than an orchestra

The “round hole” that managing an R&D program presents to the “square peg” that is the traditional management model.

Business, Careers, StartupsGordon WebsterAugust 14, 2015business, research, R&D, management, project management

The limitations of deterministic modeling in biology

The application of calculus to the deterministic modeling of biological systems however, can be problematic ...

Computational Biology, Mathematical Biology, Modeling & Simulation, Statistical Analysis, Systems BiologyGordon WebsterAugust 14, 2015computational biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, stochastic modeling, dynamic modeling, deterministic modeling, calculus, differential equations