Welcome
Contact Information
I am Dr. István Albert and I am a Research Professor of Bioinformatics at the Pennsylvania State University.
I have worked and published in three distinct scientific fields: bioinformatics, computer science and statistical physics.
Lately I have been working primarly within collaborations via the Bioinformatics Consulting Center that I lead. In that capacity, I advise and meet with students from a wide range of fields.
- ORCID profile - my unique researcher identifier
- Google Scholar » keeps track of what I've published
- Biostars profile » where I spend my social media time
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania State University.
Office: 206C Life Sciences Building
Phone: (814) 865-2281
Email: iua1@psu.edu
Bioinformatics Teaching
I teach the BMMB 852: Applied Bioinformatics course in resident instruction:
- Fall 2024: M/W 1:25PM - 2:15PM, Wartik Lab 105
Typically, the course fills up quickly once registration opens, so please plan accordingly.
Bioinformatics Consulting
I serve as the director of the Bioinformatics Consulting Center (BCC) at Penn State. Our center offers bioinformatics data analysis services that cover just about all application domains of high throughput sequencing.
Services range from routine data manipulation steps to developing novel, domain specific methodologies. We have worked on hundreds of different projects over the entire spectra of life sciences.
Our center also manages and distributes the sequencing data produced by the Penn State Genomics Core Sequencing Facilities.
If you are affiliated with Penn State and are need of our services, please email me at: iua1@psu.edu
The Biostar Handbook
Bioinformatics education is lacking across the world. Most course work is inadequate, practitioners are insufficiently trained, propagating misconceptions and fallacies.
Significant resources are wasted on ineffective training like weekend workshops, superficial guides, and simplistic overautomated tutorials that create an illusion of learning without equipping users with real-world problem-solving skills.
After decades of waiting for better solutions, I decided to create the missing materials myself. This led to the Biostar Handbook, which started as a single book and has grown into a series focused on practical bioinformatics data analysis.
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The Biostar Handbook volumes introduce readers to bioinformatics, the scientific discipline at the intersection of biology, computer science, and statistical data analytics dedicated to the digital processing of genomic information.
- The Biostar Handbook - An introduction to Bioinformatics as a scientific field.
- The Art of Bioinformatics Scripting - Learn advanced Unix and Bash scripting skills.
- RNA-Seq by Example - Master RNA-Seq data analysis.
- Corona Virus Genome Analysis - Advanced topics devoted to the study of the Coronavirus.
- Biostar Workflows - Best practices for developing bioinformatics pipelines.
Biostar Q&A Forum
More than fifteen years ago I created the Biostars: Question and Answer website that runs on open source software and aims to support and sustain scientific communities.
Today the website serves large number of users per year, and it has become the most visited bioinformatics information resource in the world.
- See the code at Biostar Central »
Over the years, Biostar powered sites met the information needs of millions users and have served hundreds of millions page views.
Software Development
I like to develop interesting software that allows for the exploration of complex data.
Weekend Cowboy
Scientist by day, hiker and traveler by weekend.
Follow my experiences on my YouTube channel: Weekend Cowboy
