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Julia for biologists

Elisabeth Roesch,Joe G. Greener,Adam L. Maclean,Huda Nassar,Chris Rackauckas,T. Holy,M. Stumpf

Published 2021 in Nature Methods

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This Perspective introduces biologists interested in computational approaches to the benefits of the Julia programming language for meeting current and future computational demands. Major computational challenges exist in relation to the collection, curation, processing and analysis of large genomic and imaging datasets, as well as the simulation of larger and more realistic models in systems biology. Here we discuss how a relative newcomer among programming languages—Julia—is poised to meet the current and emerging demands in the computational biosciences and beyond. Speed, flexibility, a thriving package ecosystem and readability are major factors that make high-performance computing and data analysis available to an unprecedented degree. We highlight how Julia’s design is already enabling new ways of analyzing biological data and systems, and we provide a list of resources that can facilitate the transition into Julian computing.

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