BridgeDb tutorial: Gene HGNC name to Ensembl identifier

This tutorial explains how to use the BridgeDb identifier mapping service to translate HGNC names to Ensembl identifiers. This step is part of the OpenRiskNet use case to link Adverse Outcome Pathways to WikiPathways.

First we need to load the Python library to allow calls to the BridgeDb REST webservice:

import requests 

Let's assume we're interested ...