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A comprehensive Python package providing a unified interface to over 40 major bioinformatics web services and databases. Use it for complex biological workflows, including cross-database querying (e.g., UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL), identifier mapping, protein sequence retrieval, pathway analysis, and running sequence similarity searches like BLAST. It streamlines data integration from multiple life science resources into consistent Python code.

COBRApy is a powerful Python library for Constraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis (COBRA). It enables deep dives into cellular metabolism, allowing users to build, simulate, and analyze complex metabolic models (e.g., genome-scale models). Core functionalities include Flux Balance Analysis (FBA), Flux Variability Analysis (FVA), performing gene/reaction knockouts, and optimizing growth media. It supports standard metabolic model formats like SBML, JSON, and YAML.

This skill provides programmatic access to the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap), a comprehensive resource characterizing genetic dependencies in cancer cell lines. Use it to identify genes essential for specific cancer types, discover synthetic lethal interactions, and validate potential oncology drug targets using CRISPR and RNAi data.

The ESM skill provides comprehensive tools for computational biology, leveraging ESM3 and ESM-C models. It enables sophisticated protein sequence generation, structure prediction (sequence to 3D structure), inverse folding (structure to sequence design), and generating function-conditioned proteins. Use it for de novo protein design, feature embedding, and advanced structural analysis in bioinformatics workflows.

ETE is a comprehensive toolkit for phylogenomic research, designed to handle and analyze hierarchical tree structures. It supports various tree formats (Newick, NHX) and provides advanced functionalities such as detecting evolutionary events (duplication/speciation), identifying orthologs/paralogs, integrating with NCBI taxonomy for lineage tracking, and generating publication-quality visualizations in PDF/SVG.

gget is a comprehensive command-line tool and Python package offering unified access to over 20 genomic databases. It facilitates quick lookups for gene information, sequence analysis (BLAST), protein structures, and expression data, supporting both interactive CLI use and advanced programmatic Python workflows for biological research.

Histolab is a specialized Python library for digital pathology research, enabling robust processing of Whole Slide Images (WSI). It automates complex workflows including tissue detection, sophisticated segmentation, and flexible tile extraction from various formats (SVS, TIFF). This tool is crucial for preparing structured, high-quality datasets required for deep learning models and advanced computational pathology analysis.

Perform comprehensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using high-performance engines like OpenMM and analysis tools like MDAnalysis. This skill allows users to model the time evolution of biological systems, covering system preparation (solvation, force field assignment), energy minimization, NVT equilibration, and advanced analysis (RMSD, free energy surfaces). Ideal for structural biology, drug binding studies, and biophysics research.

An end-to-end toolkit designed for analyzing high-density Neuropixels electrophysiology recordings. It implements best practices using SpikeInterface, covering the entire workflow: data loading (SpikeGLX, NWB), preprocessing, motion/drift correction, advanced spike sorting (Kilosort4), quality metric computation, and unit curation (including AI-assisted review). Ideal for neuroscience research.

An expert skill for transforming CPU-bound Python code into highly performant GPU-accelerated code using NVIDIA technologies. It specializes in optimizing scientific workflows, including machine learning (ML), physics simulations, geospatial analysis, and large-scale array computations. Utilize tools like CuPy for array operations, Numba CUDA for custom kernels, and Warp for spatial computing and differentiable simulations, achieving dramatic speedups (10x to 1000x). Use this when dealing with NumPy, pandas, SciPy, or complex computational loops that benefit from parallel processing on NVI...

PathML is a comprehensive Python framework designed for computational pathology workflows. It supports end-to-end analysis of Whole Slide Images (WSI), including loading 160+ proprietary formats, performing advanced stain normalization and tissue segmentation, constructing spatial cell graphs, and training deep learning models (e.g., HoVer-Net) for multiplex immunofluorescence and spatial proteomics. Ideal for large-scale biomedical image analysis.

This comprehensive skill provides a standardized pipeline for reconstructing the evolutionary history of biological sequences (genes, proteins, genomes). It guides users through essential steps, including multiple sequence alignment using MAFFT, maximum likelihood tree inference with IQ-TREE 2, and visualization with ETE3. Ideal for research in viral phylodynamics, molecular clock studies, and large-scale comparative genomics.