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Bioinformatics

Current and relevant information resources on Bioinformatics.

Introduction

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that advances methods for storing, retrieving, and analyzing biological data such as DNA, RNA, protein sequences, structure, function, pathways, and interactions.  Bioinformatics requires training in biology, computer science, statistics and data science.  

Students interested in bioinformatics may want to read the following article that discusses the required competencies and career opportunities:

Bioinformatics Curriculum Guidelines

When looking for information in Bioinformatics, some suggested keywords you may use are:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational biology
  • Genome analysis
  • Genomics
  • Metabolomics data analysis
  • Next generation sequencing
  • Proteomics data analysis
  • Sequence analysis
  • Systems Biology

This guide contains suggested databases to search for articles as well as data repositories.  

 

Bioinformatics in the News

Current news stories in Bioinformatics

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