The hardest part is to get invited in the first place.
Most importantly, you have to want to be a computational biologist.
Academic publishing hasn't yet fully adapted to the internet age.
Putting artificial limits on output is never a good idea.
I'm not ready to give up pre-publication review.
No thesis proposal has ever been critizied for lack of ambition.
But you should publish nonetheless.
Losing fat while gaining weight is totally a thing.
Clear structure helps both the reader and the writer.
Avoid manual data manipulation, and record all intermediate results.