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VBA routines for splitting and joining text

As mentioned in the previous post, I have written two short VBA routines to aid the process of splitting a column of text strings into separate columns, using either a space or any other chosen character as the delimiter.  These … Continue reading

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The error made in 20% of papers on genes …

… and how to avoid it. According to a recent scientific paper “Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature” (authors: Mark Ziemann, Yotam Eren1, and Assam El-Osta).  The paper says that “approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene … Continue reading

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