# How to learn Julia for Bioinformatics?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870 "2023-11-06T15:25:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mohit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mohit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mohit)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/1 "2023-11-06T15:25:42Z")

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Hello ;  
I have did my masters in Bioinformatics but so moved to the experimental Neuroscience 12 years ago.  
I would like to return back to Bioinformatics and thought that it would be great to start learning modern Bioinformatics with Julia instead of going through 2 language solution.  
Do anyone know how it would be possible to go through basic to advance bioinformatics project with the help of Julia ?  
What packages to install to start with it?  
Are there any tutorial for Bioinformatics with Julia similar to what are available for Python or R?  
I appreciate all the help i can from the Julia community, if there is any community specifically for bioinformatics with Julia please guide me with it.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/2 "2023-11-06T15:27:45Z")

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Probably you can get an overview here: [Julia for biologists | Nature Methods](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-01832-z)

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**Author:** ![Mohit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mohit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mohit)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/3 "2023-11-06T15:30:31Z")

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Thanks for suggestion, I went through the paper.  
Actually, it has motivated me to learn julia for Bioinformatics.

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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/4 "2023-11-06T15:32:04Z")

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An expert will be along soon to point you to BioJulia

In the meantime Practical Julia has a chapter devoted to biology

[Practical Julia | No Starch Press](https://nostarch.com/practical-julia)

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**Author:** ![Mohit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mohit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mohit)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/5 "2023-11-06T15:33:29Z")

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Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/6 "2023-11-08T07:37:37Z")

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[https://biojulia.dev/getting-started/](https://biojulia.dev/getting-started/)

Tag @kevbonham .

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**Author:** ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/7 "2023-11-08T12:16:32Z")

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My course [http://bisc195.wellesley.edu](http://bisc195.wellesley.edu) is designed to teach computer science in the context of biology. Given your masters, it might be a bit basic for you, but it will teach you Julia syntax with a hopefully familiar set of problems.

Then, my suggestion would be to start tinkering, and ask here or slack or zulip if you need some direction or you get stuck 😀

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**Author:** ![Mohit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mohit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mohit)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-learn-julia-for-bioinformatics/105870/8 "2023-11-08T15:24:10Z")

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Thanks for your recommendations 👍