A New Online Computational Biology Curriculum

A New Online Computational Biology Curriculum

A recent proliferation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other web-based educational resources has greatly increased the potential for effective self-study in many fields. This article introduces a catalog of several hundred free video courses of potential interest to those wishing to expand their knowledge of bioinformatics and computational biology. The courses are organized into ele...

Developing an online programme in computational biology

Much has been written about the need for continuing education and training to enable life scientists and computer scientists to manage and exploit the different types of biological data now becoming available. Here we describe the development of an online programme that combines short training courses, so that those who require an educational programme can progress to complete a formal qualific...

PLoS Computational Biology: A New Community Journal

Welcome to PLoS Computational Biology, a community journal from the Public Library of Science dedicated to reporting biological advances achieved through computation. The journal is published in partnership with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). The importance of this partnership is described in the accompanying letter from Michael Gribskov, ISCB president. What motiva...

New Methods Section in PLOS Computational Biology

1 Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2 Basic Science Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of M...

Computation: A New Open Access Journal of Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology and Computational Engineering