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Intro to Machine Learning for Biology (by Biorxiv Ed)

A student-friendly paper and guide to applying ML to biological data. Covers core techniques and examples.

Google Colab Beginner Tutorial

Official Google intro for beginners to understand Colab notebooks and run code with zero setup.

What is Bioinformatics? (LearnBio)

A high school-level introduction to how biology and computer science work together to solve problems.

Crash Course: Git + GitHub for Students

A simple PDF explaining how to commit, push, and organize a GitHub repo for your project. Perfect for challenge submissions.

Google Colab

Tackle real-world problems in biology and AI through student-led competitions like the NeuroBio Challenge.

Benchling

A modern biology lab notebook platform, great for managing DNA/protein sequences, experimental data, and protocols.

GitHub

The industry standard for version control, collaboration, and sharing code. All participants are required to submit via GitHub.

Hugging Face Datasets

A large collection of ready-to-use machine learning datasets, including biomedical and genomics data.

NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)

A rich database of gene expression datasets across diseases, tissues, and experiments. Ideal for ML classification or correlation projects.

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)

Explore real-world cancer mutation and expression data. Useful for AI models that predict disease from genomic patterns.

GitHub README Template

A clean README template that students can fork and fill in with project details, methods, and dataset references.

BioAI Project Template

A starter notebook with project sections: setup, dataset import, preprocessing, model building, and analysis. (Link Coming Soon)

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