How can I display an image from a file in Jupyter Notebook?

Question

I would like to use an IPython notebook as a way to interactively analyze some genome charts I am making with Biopython\'s GenomeDiagram module. While there is extensive doc

Answer 1

When using GenomeDiagram with Jupyter (iPython), the easiest way to display images is by converting the GenomeDiagram to a PNG image. This can be wrapped using an IPython.display.Image object to make it display in the notebook.

from Bio.Graphics import GenomeDiagram
from Bio.SeqFeature import SeqFeature, FeatureLocation
from IPython.display import display, Image
gd_diagram = GenomeDiagram.Diagram("Test diagram")
gd_track_for_features = gd_diagram.new_track(1, name="Annotated Features")
gd_feature_set = gd_track_for_features.new_set()
gd_feature_set.add_feature(SeqFeature(FeatureLocation(25, 75), strand=+1))
gd_diagram.draw(format="linear", orientation="landscape", pagesize='A4',
                fragments=1, start=0, end=100)
Image(gd_diagram.write_to_string("PNG"))

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