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What is BioInformatics?

A field that merges information technology, biology and computer science. National Library of Medicine defines bioinformatics as the intersection of basic informational and computer sciences with an application domain in biological and biochemical sciences. Department of Energy as the earliest program to work on the Human Genome Project has a lot of free educational resources.

There are many more problems that need to be solved by bioinformatics:
-Tools for analyzing and storing very large datasets, including genomic, proteomic and clinical trials data
-Knowledge representation, including vocabularies, ontolgies, and simulations
-Linkage of clinical and genomic information to benefit health care

Leading Educators in Biotechnology

BCC Life Science Informatics Center as a member of the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce was awarded a DOL ETA grant for workforce development in biotechnology. All materials are distributed through Workforce3one and Career Voyages.

In the local Northwest region there are several companies that do informatics: Geospiza, Rosetta, Amgen, PNNL, Insitute for System Biology, vizXlabs, SBRI, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , PATH, Benaroya Research Institute

Need Some Review?

Important BioInformatic concepts:
Genetic Code
Cracking the Code
DNA sequencing
Transcription
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Restriction Enzymes
BioPerl
R language
Free Text Editor
Database demo
MySQL database designer

Take an NCBI Coffee Break and learn something too!
Interactive reports on recent biological discoveries
Tutorials for NCBI tools
NCBI Minicourses for bioinformatics

What does a BioInformaticist Do?

Check out this model company conceived by the (BSCS) Biological Sciences Curriculum Study called the Onconomics Corporation