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FROGS: Find, Rapidly, OTUs with Galaxy Solution

Space frogs? Sign me up for this awful bioinformatics acronym.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29228191

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iDINGO: integrative DIfferential Network analysis in GenOmics

Everyone’s lining up to get the new iDINGO X this holiday season.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29194470

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FUn: a framework consisting of a client (Faerun) and server (Underdark) module

These are literally locations in the MMORP World of Warcraft. We’ve gone astray somewhere along the line.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29186333

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SPECTRE: a Suite of PhylogEnetiC Tools for Reticulate Evolution

I kind of wish this came out during my Halloween bad bioinformatics acronym spooktacular.

PubMed:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29186450

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MVQTLCIM: MultiVariate Quantitative Trait Loci Composite Interval Mapping

Wow, that one sure just rolls off the tongue. A bit of a departure from my usual posts, but deserving nonetheless.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29169342

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SPRINT: Scoring PRotein INTeractions

I’m running out of running-related jokes.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29141584

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IMA: Identifying disease-related genes using MeSH terms and Association rules

I think you mean IDRGMTAR?

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29155333

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TRAVeLer: Template-based RnA VisuaLization

Let me go ahead and TRAVeL as far away as possible from this awful #bioinformatics #acronym

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29141608

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BURRITO: Browser Utility for Relating micRobiome Information on Taxonomy and functiOn

Yet another bad, food-related bioinformatics acronym. H/t Roberto Olivares-Amaya.

bioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/11/15/217315?rss=1

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LIBRA-WA: Ligand Binding site Recognition Web Application

Tacking on Web Application to an already rough acronym does not a good one make.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29126218

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PREFMD: Protein REFinment via Molecular Dynamics

Not the worst, but again, I’d PREFer some camel-case.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29126101

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PERF: an exhaustive rePEat FindeR

PERFectly normal bioinformatics acronym - nothing to see here.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29121165

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DIEGO: DIfferential altErnative splicinG detectiOn

Wow...I mean just...wow.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29088309

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BEAM: BEAr Motifs finder

What a BEAR of an acronym within an acronym.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29095974

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INFERNO: INFERring the molecular mechanisms of NOncoding genetic variants

I don’t really blame them on this one, since IMMNGV sounds very much like the next hottest thing in image hosting.

Credit: Leon Furchgott

BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/10/30/211599?%3Fcollection

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PROSPERous: high-throughput PRediction Of Substrate cleavage sites for 90 ProtEases with impRoved accuracy

While they never define their acronym, that can’t be it, right?

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29069280

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PaRSnIP: PRotein SolubIlity Predictor

Part 2 of the post-Halloween food-related bonanza. Hmm, that’s simply not how acronyms work.

PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29069295