Bioinformatics FAQ
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Bioinformatics
What are the origins of bioinformatics?
What are the most common bioinformatics programs?
What are the most common bioinformatics technologies?
How are data analyzed in bioinformatics?
What is computational biology?
Books: Can you recommend any bioinformatics books?
See this article.
Centers of bioinformatics activity: Where is bioinformatics done?
Genome Web at the Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research at the Genome Campus near Cambridge, UK, provides some of the links below.
Virtual centers for bioinformatics activity
Online resources: What bioinformatics websites are there?
Education: Where can I study bioinformatics?
Below are complete, full-time degree programmes rather than on individual study modules. You can go to other places, however, if you are looking for short courses. Rockefeller has a list that is mirrored at various other sites. ICSB also maintains a list.
Distance or correspondence courses
Careers: How can I become a bioinformatics practitioner?
Practical tips
This section includes some simple rules-of-thumb to apply when performing common bioinformatics tasks.
Predicting the functions of a gene
Predicting the structure of a sequence
Glossary of bioinformatics terms
Here are some common terms in bioinformatics:
