Different views of bioinformatics
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Different views of Different views of bioinformatics bioinformatics CS view: what are the algorithms, data structures and other concepts needed to develop tools to solve biological problems Biologist view: how to use tools to solve typical problems of interest in biology More theoretical view: what new algorithms are suggested by biological applications
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Different views of Different views of bioinformaticsbioinformaticsCS view: what are the algorithms, data
structures and other concepts needed to develop tools to solve biological problems
Biologist view: how to use tools to solve typical problems of interest in biology
More theoretical view: what new algorithms are suggested by biological applications
Too much for one quarterToo much for one quarter
Genomics: DNA, RNAProtein functionAlgorithms for alignmentGene microarraysProteomics/Mass specProtein structure prediction
Our runner-up course bookOur runner-up course book
"Protein Bioinformatics : An Algorithmic Approach to Sequence and Structure Analysis"Ingvar Eidhammer; Hardcover; $69.86
Takes the CS point of viewLimited to issues regarding proteinsToo many errors for my comfort zone
Background referenceBackground reference
"Protein Stucture and Function (Primers in Biology)” Gregory A. Petsko and Dagmar Ringe; Paperback; $47.66
Excellent material on basic biology (great pictures!) but not bioinformatics.
Describes how proteins function Good reference for biochemistry of
proteins and their function
Biologist-focused bookBiologist-focused book
"Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics"Jonathan Pevsner; Paperback; $72.16“First class had 80 grad students and
several hundred auditors” at Johns Hopkins
Presents “how to use” bioinfo tools from the perspective of a biomedical researcher
Not so much on how the algorithms work but a good way to see how they are used
Comprehensive referenceComprehensive reference
"Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, Third Edition"Andreas D. Baxevanis and B. F. Francis Ouellette, eds; Hardcover; $60.00
This is an edited collection of essays by experts on the use of different bioinfo tools in different areas.
Intended as a reference (not a textbook)
Just the algorithmsJust the algorithms
"An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms (Computational Molecular Biology)” Neil C. Jones; Hardcover; $42.67
More of a focus on algorithms, with less coverage of applications
The next step in the CS direction in bioinformatics (e.g., PhD level course)
