# Tools - A Basic Bioinformatics Toolkit

- [Getting more out of Microsoft Excel](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/getting-more-out-of-microsoft-excel.md)
- [Bioinformatics Applications of Unix](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/bioinformatics-applications-of-unix.md)
- [Unix commands applied to bioinformatics](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/bioinformatics-applications-of-unix/unix-commands-applied-to-bioinformatics.md)
- [Manipulate NGS files using UNIX commands](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/bioinformatics-applications-of-unix/manipulate-ngs-files-using-unix-commands.md)
- [Manipulate alignment files using UNIX commands](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/bioinformatics-applications-of-unix/manipulate-alignment-files-using-unix-commands.md)
- [Alignments and Mappers](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/alignments-and-mappers.md)
- [Relational databases](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/relational-databases.md)
- [Running Joins on Galaxy](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/relational-databases/running-joins-on-galaxy.md)
- [Spotfire](https://igb.mit.edu/bioinformatics-topics/tools-a-basic-bioinformatics-toolkit/spotfire.md)


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