Bioinformatics FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - Table of contents

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Contents

• Latest Changes
• Introduction
• Overview
• Contents
• Definitions: What is Bioinformatics?
  • What is Bioinformatics?---The Tight Definition
  • What is Bioinformatics?---The Loose Definition
  • Definitions of Fields Related to Bioinformatics
    • What is Biophysics?
    • What is Cheminformatics?
    • What is Computational Biology?
    • What is Genomics?
    • What is Mathematical Biology?
    • What is Medical informatics/Medinformatics?
    • What is Pharmacogenetics?
    • What is Pharmacogenomics?
    • What is Proteomics?
  • History of bioinformatics: How old is the discipline?
• Books: Can you recommend any bioinformatics books?
  • General introductions
  • Computational/Mathematical aspects of bioinformatics
  • Applying bioinformatics in biological research
  • Fiction
  • Other lists of bioinformatics books
• Centres of Bioinformatics Activity: Where is bioinformatics done?
  • Research centres
  • Sequencing centres
  • Standards centres
    • Are there any standards in bioinformatics?
  • "Virtual" centres (for example consortia and communities)
• Online Resources: What bioinformatics Websites are there?
  • Blogs
  • Information
  • Directories
  • Portals
  • Societies
  • Collections of Tools
  • Tutorials
• Education: Where can I study bioinformatics...
  • ...in Africa?
  • ...in the Americas?
  • ...in Asia?
  • ...in Australasia?
  • ...in Europe
  • ...Remotely (Distance/Correspondence Courses)
• Careers: How can I become a bioinformatician?
  • I am a newbie and I want to do bioinformatics.
  • I am a biologist and I want to do bioinformatics.
  • I am a computer scientist and I want to do bioinformatics.
  • More general advice
  • Where can I find bioinformatics jobs?
• Practical Tips: How can I tackle specific, common bioinformatics tasks?
  • How can I find a sequence?
    • ...I have a description.
    • ...I have an accession number.
    • ...I have another sequence.
    • ...I'm not sure whether to use the defaults.
  • How can I align two sequences?
  • How can I predict the function of a gene (product)?
  • How can I predict the structure of a sequence?
  • How can I write up?
• Glossary of bioinformatics terms
  • What is an alignment?
  • What is a DNA array?
  • What is a homologue?
  • What is an ontology?
  • What is a scoring matrix?
• Acknowledgments
  • Questions
  • Links
  • Answers
• Small Print
  • Author and licensing
  • Version control information