[Biopython] Biopython project under OBF for GSoC 2018

[Peter Cock]

Do you mean a project working with RNA secondary structure,
or RNA sequencing?

Peter

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Sourav Singh <ssouravsingh12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am interested in the project mentioned above and I am working on a
> proposal for the same.
>
> Would anyone be interested to take a look and make suggestions?
>
> Regards,
>
> Sourav
>
> Sent from my Phone.Excuse any mistakes and brevity.
>
> On Feb 28, 2018 5:02 PM, "Sourav Singh" <ssouravsingh12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The topic looks interesting to me. Are there any resources which touch
>> upon the subject of the project?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sourav
>>
>> Sent from my Phone.Excuse any mistakes and brevity.
>>
>> On Feb 28, 2018 3:26 PM, "Peter Cock" <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:33 PM, Sourav Singh <ssouravsingh12 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for the reply!
>>> >
>>> > For RNA Seq, Are we talking about adding modules for parsing of RNA
>>> > secondary structure and nucleotides? If so, The project looks
>>> > interesting to
>>> > me. The only problem is I don't see the branch created by Kristian
>>> > Rothner,
>>> > so the code may need to be written from scratch.
>>>
>>> No, although that's an interesting area in itself - and has been talked
>>> about before for GSoC.
>>>
>>> I meant RNA sequencing as a quantitative assay for gene expression,
>>> as an alternative to the older microarray technology used for gene
>>> expression analysis. This is a vast area and I don't immediately see
>>> a project idea here for Biopython.
>>>
>>> > I am also a bit worried about whether there would be anyone willing to
>>> > mentor a project for Biopython.
>>>
>>> Yes, sadly that is currently a bottleneck.
>>>
>>> Peter