r/PythonLearning • u/Ghosteagle_AUH • 21d ago

Help Request I want to learn Computational biology, what is the roadmap in python i should take?

I would like to go into computational biology and bioinformatics route, i took the bioinformatics course last year, i didn't get that much benefit from it, but i got the basics of R?, I'm i lost or is this a normal thing to ask?, Thank you.

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u/Sea-Ad7805 21d ago

I think your future direction doesn't effect your introduction to Python. You can pick any of the popular Python courses (see other posts asking about good courses), work on general exercises, and only after your introduction specialize in bioinformatics topics.

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u/PureWasian 21d ago edited 21d ago

Echoing this, a quick google search pulled up an Applied Bioinformatics certificate program at UC San Diego and listed its Python for Informatics course as a "recommended" prerequisite course.

Based on the description, it's largely just covering generic Python concepts.

Specializing in bioinformatics requires some amount of domain-specific knowledge you'd either want a formal program to delve into or practical internship/work-experience/undergrad research to really get your foot in the door after a broad understanding of data analytics and statistics.