Research Tools

tools

• Hi-glass is a tool for exploring and compare genomic contact matrices and tracks
• IDDomainSpotter helps you identify disordered regions in AA sequence
• Finding publications that address exactly what you are interested in can be tricky. Knowing how to use Google Scholar and various search operators (also here) will make your life much easier.
• You are already using version control right? Then you will find it useful to set up local and global git configurations.
• Sometimes you will feel like wasting some time reading blogs. To make this process somewhat less exhausting, use an RSS feed aggregator. I recommend Inoreader.

reading and writing

• RXvisit combines preprints from bioRxiv with data from Twitter to help you find the papers being discussed in your field.
• Arxiv-sanity is an advanced version of the above, but available only for arxiv.
• Overleaf is an online collaborative latex editor.
• I use Zotero for managing my refences. It is free, open-source and allows you to define your own location for file storage (i.e. making it practically unlimited).
• Writing a good research grant proposal is not easy. How to write a great research proposal is an attempt to collect together a number of suggestions about what makes a good proposal.

project management

• I use Asana to manage my projects and ZimWiki to keep detailed track of my work.