What is FDR in ChIP-seq experiments?

ChIP-seq peak FDR - False Discovery Rate or the ratio between the number of peaks in the control and the experiment when the two are swapped.

-Can this be calculated without a control?
-No, I guess.

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Voices of eternity

Life has been happening ever since the universe appeared (or before for some other universes) thus civilizations, 'people', ideas, feelings... they all have been here for eons. They have come and they have gone. They will come and they will go.

Today, now, we are one of those sparks in this timeless realm

Firefox too slow in Fedora (15)

In firefox


   about:config


Find


network.dns.disableIPv6


set to true

Inverting screen colours in linux

xcalib -invert -alter

You can set this command to a keyboard shortcut.

Very useful for reading in the screen without bleeding eyes.

How to install rWeka and rJava in fedora (15)

Once again a problem of dev libraries.

First install r-java and r-java-dev
$ yum -y install r-java r-java-dev

Procced to install RWeka

$ sudo R CMD javareconf
R$ install.packages('RWeka')

voilá

Note: Sometimes it happens that R is not able to load properly the java libraries. In order to avoid this yo need to re-run as root R CMD javareconf [ see: http://rwiki.sciviews.org/doku.php?id=packages:cran:rjava]

How to forget a wireless connection / hotspot / access point in gnome 3 fedora 15 and 16

Type Ctrl + F2 then:

nm-connection-editor

source

How to get rid of google+ icon?

We all hate the +1 icon that some how lurks your internet searches waiting to be clicked accidentally... if you use firefox an easy way of removing, hiding, getting rid of this small fellow is quite easy:

1 Install adblock plus (by doing this you will also get rid of annoying ads)
2 go to adblock preferences and add the filter : ##button.esw
3 Enjoy a +1-less google layout