There is a lack of software engineering skills in bioinformatic contexts. We discuss the consequences of this lack, examine existing explanations and remedies to the problem, point out their shortcomings, and propose alternatives. Previous analyses of the problem have tended to treat the use of software in scientific contexts as categorically different from the general application of software e...

An OpenLab learning course, taking place in both class room and wet and computer lab, was used to explore the image on bioinformatics reflected by undergraduates and students. Three main aspects were investigated. First, what is their opinion about the bioinformatics working environment? Second, how can biological, mathematical and scientific knowledge increase and third, do epistemological bel...

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brucellosis, produced by brucella species, is a disease that causes severe economic losses for livestock farms worldwide due to serious economic and medical consequences of this disease, many efforts have been made to prevent the infection through the use of recombinant vaccines based on brucella outer membrane protein (omp) antigens. in the present study, a wide range of on-line prediction sof...

Lydia Steiner Bioinformatics Group, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig ∗ Peter F. Stadler Bioinformatics Group, University of Leipzig, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig; Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Science; Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology; Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, Uni...

This article highlights some of the basic concepts of bioinformatics and data mining. The major research areas of bioinformatics are highlighted. The application of data mining in the domain of bioinformatics is explained. It also highlights some of the current challenges and opportunities of data mining in bioinformatics.

The Transparent Access to Multiple Bioinformatics Information Sources (TAMBIS) system uses an ontology to give the illusion of a common query interface to multiple, diverse, heterogeneous bioinformatics resources. The knowledge in the TAMBIS ontology (TaO) allows biologists to form complex, multi-source queries without having to know which source to use, the location of the source, the meaning ...

With the advent of YouTube channels in bioinformatics, open platforms for problem solving in bioinformatics, active web forums in computing analyses and online resources for learning to code or use a bioinformatics tool, the more traditional continuing education bioinformatics training programs have had to adapt. Bioinformatics training programs that solely rely on traditional didactic methods ...

Funding bodies are increasingly recognizing the need to provide graduates and researchers with access to short intensive courses in a variety of disciplines, in order both to improve the general skills base and to provide solid foundations on which researchers may build their careers. In response to the development of 'high-throughput biology', the need for training in the field of bioinformati...

E ducation in bioinformatics has undergone a sea change, from informal workshops and training courses to structured certificate, diploma, and degree programs—spanning casual selfenriching courses all the way to doctorate programs. The evolution of curriculum, instructional methodologies, and initiatives supporting the dissemination of bioinformatics is presented here. Building on the early appl...