[Biopython] BioPython now available on PiCloud by default

[Peter Cock]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 12:11 AM, John Riley <john at picloud.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We've had some requests for BioPython to be deployed on PiCloud [1]. While
> any user could always create a custom environment, and install the latest
> version themselves [2], we've decided to address the issue directly by
> adding BioPython (1.60) into the default suite of scientific tools on
> PiCloud.
>
> In short, to offload a Python function or program that uses BioPython, you
> don't need to do any setup! The instructions for using other scientific
> tools work just the same [3]. Hope this helps!
>
> [1] http://www.picloud.com
> [2] http://docs.picloud.com/environment.html
> [3] http://docs.picloud.com/howto/pyscientifictools.html
>
> Best Regards,
> John

Sounds interesting, and you have some very keen users already :)
http://blog.picloud.com/2011/09/27/building-a-biological-database-and-doing-comparative-genomics-in-the-cloud/

Regards,

Peter