Perl one liner

Extracts "AAAAA-1_2" from the string "HI.A201.09CX.Index_1.AAAAA-1_2"

$ echo HI.A201.09CX.Index_1.AAAAA-1_2 | perl -ne '{ chomp($_); $foo = $_; $foo =~ s/(.*)(Index_.*)\.(.*)/\3/; print "$foo\n"; }'
AAAAA-1_2

random trailers

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GNU Parallel

http://www.biostars.org/p/63816/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_parallel
http://www.unethicalblogger.com/2010/11/11/gnu-parallel-changed-my-life.html

$ seq 10 | parallel --sshlogin server.example.com,server2.example.net echo

xargs vs GNU parallel
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#differences_between_xargs_and_gnu_parallel

Linux calculator with "bc"
$ echo "sqrt(9)+5" | bc
8

http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#example__working_as_xargs__n1__argument_appending

Unix Nohup: Run a Command or Shell-Script Even after You Logout 
$ nohup sh custom-script.sh &

at - schedules commands
$ at -f myjobs.txt now + 1 hour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe
mkfifo my_pipe
gzip -9 -c < my_pipe > out.gz &
cat file > my_pipe
rm my_pipe

Lower Mainland Health organizations to implement a single patient health record through clinical and systems transformation

http://www.phsa.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7D201331-879F-4F43-A026-289A1FFA8427/63241/Information_Bulletin_CST_contract_4April2013.pdf

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Providence Health Care (PHC), and the  Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) have successfully concluded contract negotiations  with IBM Canada to achieve the strategic vision of one clinical record per patient in our core health  service organizations in British Columbia. 

A single health record for each patient will promote high quality care by ensuring clinicians and  care teams have a greater level of accurate and consistent patient information at the touch of their  fingers. Amalgamating this information into a more comprehensive view of health trends and  treatment outcomes ensures the health organizations can better serve British Columbians. It also  enhances the ability to do even more world-class research in our own backyard.

Reuse of public genome-wide gene expression data

Johan Rung and Alvis Brazma

Abstract
Our understanding of gene expression has changed dramatically over the past decade, largely catalysed by technological developments. High-throughput experiments — microarrays and next-generation sequencing — have generated large amounts of genome-wide gene expression data that are collected in public archives. Added-value databases process, analyse and annotate these data further to make them accessible to every biologist. In this Review, we discuss the utility of the gene expression data that are in the public domain and how researchers are making use of these data. Reuse of public data can be very powerful, but there are many obstacles in data preparation and analysis and in the interpretation of the results. We will discuss these challenges and provide recommendations that we believe can improve the utility of such data.

Nature Reviews Genetics
AOP, published online 27 December 2012; doi:10.1038/nrg3394

http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v14/n2/pdf/nrg3394.pdf

UCB and IBM bet on big data to help epilepsy

PharmaTimes – UCB and IBM bet on big data to help epilepsy
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DECIPHER - Database of Chromosomal Imbalance and Phenotype in Humans using Ensembl Resources

http://decipher.sanger.ac.uk/

DECIPHER: Database of Chromosomal Imbalance and Phenotype in Humans using Ensembl Resources. Firth, H.V. et al (2009). Am.J.Hum.Genet 84, 524-533 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10/1016/j.ajhg.2009.03.010)

Rdio

http://www.rdio.com/

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