Development skills

Identify tumor neoantigens from somatic variants with pVACtools (pVACseq/pVACfuse/pVACbind/pVACvector/pVACview) for personalized cancer vaccines and checkpoint biomarkers. Encodes the field's hard truth that binding prediction is the easy, near-solved part and single-digit-percent PPV lives downstream — so it centers clonality/CCF, HLA LOH (the silent invalidator), expression, proximal-variant phasing, agretopicity/foreignness quality, and the predicted->presented->immunogenic validation tiers. Use when nominating vaccine targets, ranking neoantigens, or building a tumor-to-candidate pipeline. Binding details in mhc-binding-prediction; ranking in immunogenicity-scoring.

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Query UniProt's REST API (post-2022 endpoint at rest.uniprot.org) for protein sequences, annotations, GO terms, cross-references, ID mappings, and proteomes. Use when fetching UniProtKB entries, navigating the JSON schema, choosing between UniProtKB/UniRef/UniParc/Proteomes resources, deciding stream vs search endpoint for batch retrieval, running ID-mapping jobs with the async pattern, handling isoform suffixes, or filtering reviewed Swiss-Prot vs auto-annotated TrEMBL. Encodes the legacy URL migration (2022), the new JSON schema layout, and bulk-pull patterns.

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Processes eDNA metabarcoding from raw paired-end reads to species tables, navigating ASV (DADA2, UNOISE3) vs OTU (swarm v2) decision (Callahan 2017 vs Schloss multi-copy-16S critique), marker/primer choice (Leray COI, MiFish 12S, 515F/806R 16S, ITS2) with primer-specific bias, OBITools3 v3 command-name break (obi stats plural; .tar.gz taxonomy), tag-jumping with dual-indexing (Schnell 2015; NovaSeq 10x MiSeq), decontam as screening-not-classifier (Davis 2018), read-counts-not-abundance critique (Lamb 2019), site-occupancy modeling (Ficetola 2015), Naive-Bayes calibration limits (Bokulich 2018), and eDNA decay (Strickler 2015). Use when going from raw eDNA FASTQ to species tables, picking marker + denoising pipeline, deciding whether read counts represent abundance, applying occupancy modeling, configuring OBITools3 v3, or interpreting decontam output. Not for clinical 16S microbiome (see microbiome/amplicon-processing).

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Imports gene expression count matrices from featureCounts, HTSeq, STAR ReadsPerGene, Salmon/kallisto via tximport or tximeta, RSEM, 10X Genomics MTX/H5, AnnData H5AD, and RDS. Handles silent-miscounting traps (featureCounts -p v2.0.2 API break, STAR strandedness column choice, salmon NumReads-sum without tximport, RSEM non-integer expected_count, GENCODE _PAR_Y suffix, zero-length-transcript TPM divide-by-zero), and encodes the tximport countsFromAbundance decision tree with the "lengthScaledTPM is not TPM" warning. Use when assembling a gene-by-sample count matrix from aligner or quantifier output, importing salmon/kallisto for DESeq2 vs limma-voom, choosing strandedness column for STAR, debugging zero-count panics, or building tx2gene mapping.

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Assesses the quality and completeness of a genome annotation with BUSCO (conserved single-copy ortholog recovery), OMArk (proteome completeness, consistency, and contamination), CheckM2 (prokaryotic completeness/contamination), and a gene-set sanity panel (gene count, mono-exonic fraction, protein-length distribution, mRNA:gene ratio, coding density). Covers the assembly-BUSCO-vs-proteome-BUSCO diagnostic, what BUSCO-Duplicated really means, why gene count is a vanity metric, and the QC of transferred annotations. Use when judging whether an annotation is good enough to publish or submit, diagnosing a suspect annotation, or comparing annotation completeness across pipelines.

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Infer transcription factor regulons from single-cell RNA-seq with pySCENIC by combining GRNBoost2 co-expression, cisTarget motif-enrichment pruning, and AUCell per-cell activity scoring. Covers the motif-pruning-as-directionality principle, regulon specificity scoring, run-to-run stability, and database/species matching. Use when identifying TF regulons, scoring TF activity per cell, finding master regulators of cell identity, or comparing regulon activity across conditions. For enhancer-driven multiomic GRNs see multiomics-grn; for bulk inference and VIPER protein-activity see grn-inference.

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Find cross-database references between NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (ELink). Use when navigating gene to protein/structure, sequence to publication, PubMed to GEO, BioProject to SRA runs, or discovering all link relationships for a record. Covers linkname semantics, cmd= variants, asymmetric link warnings, neighbor_history for >200 input IDs, and per-database link tables.

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Search NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (ESearch, EInfo, EGQuery, ESpell). Use when finding records by keyword, building reproducible field-qualified queries, navigating the Entrez Query Translator, exploiting the history server for large result sets, handling retmax caps, or interpreting weekly index lag. Covers PubMed, Nucleotide, Protein, Gene, SRA, GEO, Assembly, Taxonomy, ClinVar, dbSNP.

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Bulk-query Ensembl BioMart (and other BioMart instances) for cross-database ID mapping, gene/transcript/exon coordinates, and ortholog tables. Use when batch-converting Ensembl IDs to other namespaces (HGNC, RefSeq, UniProt, Entrez), pulling gene coordinate tables for thousands of genes, building ortholog wide-tables across species, or replacing slow Ensembl REST loops with one-shot bulk export. Encodes BioMart's XML query format, R biomaRt vs Python pybiomart trade-off, mart-vs-dataset hierarchy, and the URL endpoint that's BioMart-specific (separate from rest.ensembl.org).

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Pull pre-computed ortholog calls from public databases (OrthoDB, Ensembl Compara, OMA browser, eggNOG, PANTHER, KEGG Orthology, HomoloGene) via their REST APIs. Use when orthologs are already curated upstream, when the question is "what is the X ortholog of Y" rather than "how to infer orthology de novo", when batch-mapping gene IDs across species, or when comparing the resources for consensus calls. Encodes confidence-level semantics, 1:1 vs 1:many vs many:many, HomoloGene deprecation, and when to defect to de novo computation.

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Retrieve records from NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (EFetch, ESummary). Use when downloading sequences, fetching GenBank/GenPept records, getting document summaries, parsing nested XML, navigating GI deprecation, choosing between rettype+retmode combinations, and parsing into Biopython SeqRecord/SwissProt objects. Covers nucleotide, protein, gene, pubmed, sra, gds, taxonomy, snp, clinvar.

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Download large datasets from NCBI efficiently using EPost, history server, batching, rate limiting, and retry logic. Use when bulk-fetching tens of thousands of sequences, pulling all results of a large ESearch, designing reproducible pipelines, comparing E-utilities to NCBI Datasets v2 CLI, or implementing checksum-validated downloads. Encodes WebEnv TTL (~8h), EPost 200-ID limit, retmax caps, parallelization design, and integrity verification.

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Build local BLAST databases and run searches using NCBI BLAST+ command-line tools. Use when running >50 queries, building custom databases with -parse_seqids and -taxid, downloading prebuilt NCBI databases via update_blastdb.pl, choosing -task variants (megablast/dc-megablast/blastn/blastn-short), tuning soft/hard masking, scaling threads, or extracting hits with blastdbcmd. Encodes BLAST v5 vs v4 database format, taxonomy filtering, makeblastdb pitfalls.

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Query protein-protein and gene interaction databases (STRING, BioGRID, IntAct, SIGNOR, Reactome, HuRI, HuMAP, OmniPath, ConsensusPathDB, DIP). Use when building PPI networks, choosing between physical vs functional vs genetic interactions, signed/directed vs undirected, high-throughput vs curated, picking confidence thresholds, aggregating across resources, or navigating license constraints. Encodes the database decision matrix, STRING v12 channel semantics, OmniPath as meta-database, SIGNOR for signed signaling, and per-resource rate limits.

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Query the Ensembl REST API for gene/transcript/protein lookup, sequence retrieval, comparative genomics (Compara), variant effect prediction (VEP), regulatory features, and cross-species ortholog/paralog calls. Use when pulling Ensembl-native data (Ensembl Gene IDs, version-pinned releases, archive endpoints for reproducibility), gene/transcript/exon structure with stable IDs, or VEP for variant annotation. Encodes the 15 req/sec rate limit, archive (e110.rest.ensembl.org) for reproducibility, Ensembl divisions (vertebrates / plants / fungi / metazoa / bacteria), and the symbol-vs-ID stability problem.

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Detect distant homologs using profile and structure-aware methods that go beyond standard BLAST. Use when sequence identity falls into the twilight zone (<35% pairwise), when BLAST fails to find homologs that should exist, when working at metagenomic scale (DIAMOND, MMseqs2), or when structure beats sequence (Foldseek). Covers PSI-BLAST (iterative PSSM), jackhmmer (iterative HMM), HHblits/HHsearch (profile-profile), DIAMOND, MMseqs2, and Foldseek (3Di structural alphabet, van Kempen 2024).

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Run remote BLAST searches against NCBI servers using Biopython Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW. Use when identifying unknown sequences, finding homologs, picking the correct BLAST program (blastn/blastp/blastx/tblastn/tblastx/psiblast/megablast/dc-megablast), interpreting Karlin-Altschul E-values, avoiding the max_target_seqs trap (Shah 2019), choosing composition-based statistics, or limiting searches by organism. Covers RID lifecycle, database choice (nt/nr/refseq_select/swissprot), word-size and CBS taxonomy.

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Align preprocessed CLIP-seq reads (eCLIP, iCLIP, iCLIP2, PAR-CLIP) to genome with STAR or bowtie2 using crosslink-preserving parameters, choosing between unique-mapper-only and multi-mapper-aware alignment for repeat-binding RBPs, deciding STAR vs HISAT2 memory trade-offs, and applying ENCODE-compatible filters. Use when turning preprocessed CLIP FASTQ into a deduplicated, MAPQ-filtered BAM ready for peak calling or crosslink-site detection.

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Queries PharmGKB / CPIC / DPWG for drug-gene interactions; calls CYP2D6/CYP2C9/CYP2C19/DPYD/TPMT/NUDT15/UGT1A1/SLCO1B1 star alleles and phenotype with PharmCAT, Cyrius (CYP2D6 structural variants), Aldy, Stargazer; applies Caudle 2020 activity-score translation. Use when implementing pharmacogenomic-guided prescribing, applying CPIC vs DPWG guidance, screening HLA risk alleles for ICI / antiepileptics / abacavir, or interpreting compound TPMT+NUDT15 thiopurine risk.

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Queries myvariant.info BioThings aggregator for ClinVar, gnomAD, dbSNP, dbNSFP, COSMIC, CADD, and CIViC annotations in batched, version-tracked requests. Use when annotating variant lists from multiple databases simultaneously without managing per-source APIs, and when reproducibility-grade analyses require recording source data versions via _meta.

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Detect syntenic blocks and structural rearrangements between genomes using MCScanX (Wang 2012), JCVI/MCScan (Tang 2008 Python), GENESPACE (Lovell 2022) for orthology-anchored riparian visualization, SyRI for structural variation, AnchorWave for sequence-level synteny, i-ADHoRe 3.0 for highly diverged species, SynNet for synteny networks, and ntSynt for multi-genome macrosynteny. Use when identifying collinear gene blocks across species, distinguishing macrosynteny from microsynteny, detecting inversions/translocations/duplications, anchoring orthology in WGD lineages, producing publication riparian plots, computing synteny block age via Ks (cross-references whole-genome-duplication), or running synteny-aware ortholog inference in polyploids.

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Comprehensive quality control for CLIP-seq libraries (eCLIP, iCLIP, iCLIP2, PAR-CLIP) covering library complexity (preseq), FRiP, IDR replicate reproducibility, read-distribution metagene, SMInput vs IgG control rationale, rRNA / snoRNA contamination, fragment-length distribution, and ENCODE-compliance thresholds. Use when assessing whether a CLIP library passed, deciding lenient vs stringent peak thresholds, comparing replicates with IDR rescue and self-consistency ratios, or distinguishing failed IP from over-amplified library.

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Resolves rsIDs, navigates RsMergeArch/SNPHistory merge chains, and converts between rsID, SPDI, HGVS, and VCF representations using the dbSNP Build 156 JSON architecture. Use when normalizing variant identifiers, joining variant databases by cluster ID, or tracking deprecated rsIDs through historical merges.

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Applies ACMG/AMP 2015 framework with ClinGen SVI specifications, Tavtigian 2018/2020 Bayesian point system, Abou Tayoun 2018 PVS1 decision tree, Pejaver 2022 calibrated PP3/BP4 thresholds for REVEL/BayesDel/AlphaMissense, Brnich 2020 PS3/BS3 OddsPath, Walker 2023 SpliceAI splicing framework, and AMP/ASCO/CAP 2017 tumor tiers. Use when classifying germline variants P / LP / VUS / LB / B, applying VCEP-specific CSpec rules, computing Whiffin BS1, or assigning cancer Tier I-IV per Li 2017.

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