Resources

A small set of tools and workflow frameworks I return to often for microbiome, genomics, and reproducible computational biology work. The emphasis here is on tools that are practical in real projects, not just popular in demos.

Anvi’o

Useful for pangenomics, metagenome-resolved analyses, interactive inspection of bins and contigs, and figure-ready visual summaries. I use it when exploratory visualization and genome-centric interpretation need to stay close to the underlying data.

Bactopia

A practical bacterial genomics workflow stack for assembly, annotation, QC, taxonomic characterization, and downstream summaries. Good when processing many isolates with consistent defaults and reproducible outputs matters more than one-off scripting.

nf-core

Community-maintained Nextflow pipelines that provide solid starting points for RNA-seq, metagenomics, and other common bioinformatics workflows. I treat them as reproducible baselines, then adapt configuration and execution details to local HPC environments when needed.

Nextstrain

A strong reference point for making genomic epidemiology and phylogenetic interpretation visually legible. Even outside outbreak-focused work, it is a useful example of how analysis, annotation, and interactive visualization can be combined into something scientists can actually explore.