Python for science, side projects and stuff! - PyConAu 2016

By Andrew Lonsdale.

• Talked about using python-ppt for collaborating on PowerPoint presentations.
• Covered his journey so far and the lessons he learned.
• Gave some great examples of re-creating XKCD comics in Python (matplotlib_venn).
• Claimed the diversion into Python and Matplotlib has helped is actual research.
• Spoke about how using Python is great for Scientific research.
• Summarised that side projects are good for Science and Python.
• Recommended Elegant SciPy
• Demo's using Emoji to represent bioinformatics using FASTQE (FASTQ as Emoji).