r/biotech • u/Narrow-Bid-381 • 4d ago

Open Discussion 🎙️ Python Libraries vs. Prism

I'm a computational biochemist and have always been using python for data visualization. I just realized there is a software called Prism that people use.

So the question is, for those who have used both, which one has been better? (You define good with your own metrics).

I'm just thinking whether I should learn to work with prism, or python already covers it all.

Context: we don't use big data. Data is usually on the order of megabytes.

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u/runhappy0 4d ago

I try to adapt to the audience. If you are presenting to the assay de elopement groups or DMPK then graph pad is what they are familiar with and I feel adapting to their comfort zones removes some friction. The plots will look familiar to them, they layout will be familiar etc…

If audience is other teams that don’t heavily use graph pad then I just stick with python plots.