Bioinformatics-what is it? Acquisition, curation, and analysis
of biological data Hypothesis
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Bioinformatics training Who needs it? Life Scientists
Professional Graduate Undergraduate Medical professionals Pre-med
undergrads Information scientists Computer scientists
Library/database specialists Statisticians Mathematicians
Class Project Fermentation-Respiration Shift in Yeast
Transcription analysis Control sequences
Transcription/Translation/Metabolism Correlation Evolutionary
Conservation Applications to Drug Discovery
Information Science Dramatic Changes Information Storage
Digitized databases: text, numbers, images Computerized Analysis
Facile Information Distribution WWW, e-mail,...
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Bioinformatic Data-1978 to 1998 DNA sequence Gene expression
Protein expression Protein Structure Genome mapping Metabolic
networks Regulatory networks Trait mapping Gene function analysis
Scientific Literature
Bioinformatic Challenges Acquire, store, share, search data
Analyze data Interpret analyses Design further analyses to produce
high-value information Apply results of analyses
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Biological Principles Structure Function Homeostasis Evolution
by natural selection
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Biological Hierarchies Molecule Cell Tissue Organ Organism
Population Species Biosphere