Education References

This page collects literature related to bioinformatics education and training. 2009-2011 articles have been archived.

Article Collections

• PLOS Computational Biology Collection: Education
  Articles in this collection provide practical tutorials and background information on important computational methods used to investigate key biological questions as well as resources for training scientists at all stages of their careers.
  http://www.ploscollections.org/compbioleducation
  
  
  
• PLOS Computational Biology Collection: Starting Early
  Articles in this collection are devoted to teaching bioinformatics in secondary schools.
  http://www.ploscollections.org/cbstartingearly
  
  
  
• PLOS Computational Biology Collection: Translational Bioinformatics
  'Translational Bioinformatics' is a collection of PLOS Computational Biology Education articles which reads as a "book" to be used as a reference or tutorial for a graduate level introductory course on the science of translational bioinformatics.
  http://www.ploscollections.org/translationalbioinformatics
  
  
  

Individual Articles

• Corpas M, Jimenez RC, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Budd A, Brazas MD, Fernandes PL, Gaeta B, van Gelder C, Korpelainen E, Lewitter F, McGrath A, MacLean D, Palagi PM, Rother K, Taylor J, Via A, Watson M, Schneider MV, Attwood TK.
  The GOBLET Training Portal: A Global Repository of Bioinformatics Training Materials, Courses and Trainers.
  Bioinformatics. 2014 Sep 4. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Mihalas GI, Tudor A, Paralescu S, Andor M, Stoicu-Tivadar L.
  Teaching bioinformatics to engineers.
  Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014;205:828-32. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Tastan Bishop O, Adebiyi EF, Alzohairy AM, Everett D, Ghedira K, Ghouila A, Kumuthini J, Mulder NJ, Panji S, Patterton HG.
  Bioinformatics Education-Perspectives and Challenges out of Africa.
  Brief Bioinform. 2014 Jul 2. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Machanick P, Tastan Bishop O.
  How to establish a bioinformatics postgraduate degree programme--a case study from South Africa.
  Brief Bioinform. 2014 May 2. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Toby I, Pope A.
  Bioinformatics tools available for K-12 students to engage in research.
  Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Apr;85(4):484-5. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Brazas MD, Lewitter F, Schneider MV, van Gelder CW, Palagi PM.
  A quick guide to genomics and bioinformatics training for clinical and public audiences.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Apr 10;10(4):e1003510. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Welch L, Lewitter F, Schwartz R, Brooksbank C, Radivojac P, Gaeta B, Schneider MV.
  Bioinformatics curriculum guidelines: toward a definition of core competencies.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Mar 6;10(3):e1003496. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Ramdayal K, Stobbe MD, Mishra T, Michaut M.
  Building the Future of Bioinformatics through Student-Facilitated Conferencing.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Jan 30;10(1):e1003458. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Marques I, Almeida P, Alves R, Dias MJ, Godinho A, Pereira-Leal JB.
  Bioinformatics projects supporting life-sciences learning in high schools.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Jan;10(1):e1003404. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Shapiro C, Ayon C, Moberg-Parker J, Levis-Fitzgerald M, Sanders ER.
  Strategies for Using Peer-assisted Learning Effectively in an Undergraduate Bioinformatics Course.
  Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2013 Jan;41(1):24-33. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Brazas MD, Ouellette BF.
  Navigating the changing learning landscape: Perspective from bioinformatics.ca.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Mar 20. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Carvalho BS, Rustici G.
  The challenges of delivering bioinformatics training in the analysis of high-throughput data.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Mar 29. PubMed abstract
  
  
• de Ridder D, de Ridder J, Reinders MJ.
  Pattern recognition in bioinformatics.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Apr 4. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Abeln S, Molenaar D, Feenstra KA, Hoefsloot HC, Teusink B, Heringa J.
  Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: bridging the gap between heterogeneous student backgrounds.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Apr 19. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Korcsmaros T, Dunai ZA, Vellai T, Csermely P.
  Teaching the bioinformatics of signaling networks: an integrated approach to facilitate multi-disciplinary learning.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 May 2. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Machluf Y, Yarden A.
  Integrating bioinformatics into senior high school: design principles and implications.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 May 10. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Orozco A, Morera J, Jiménez S, Boza R.
  A review of Bioinformatics training applied to research in Molecular Medicine, Agriculture and Biodiversity in Costa Rica and Central America.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 May 30. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Wood L, Gebhardt P.
  Bioinformatics goes to school-new avenues for teaching contemporary biology.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2013 Jun;9(6):e1003089. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Via A, Blicher T, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Brazas MD, Brooksbank C, Budd A, De Las Rivas J, Dreyer J, Fernandes PL, van Gelder C, Jacob J, Jimenez RC, Loveland J, Moran F, Mulder N, Nyrönen T, Rother K, Schneider MV, Attwood TK.
  Best practices in bioinformatics training for life scientists.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Jun 25. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Jungck JR, Weisstein AE.
  Mathematics and evolutionary biology make bioinformatics education comprehensible.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Jul 2. May 6;14(1):107-9. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Ng W.
  Teaching Microbial Identification with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and Bioinformatics Tools.
  J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2013 May 6;14(1):103-6. PubMed abstract
  
  
• May BJ.
  Engaging students in a bioinformatics activity to introduce gene structure and function.
  J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2013 May 6;14(1):107-9. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Barker D, Ferrier DE, Holland PW, Mitchell JB, Plaisier H, Ritchie MG, Smart SD.
  4273pi: Bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware.
  BMC Bioinformatics. 2013 Aug 12;14(1):243. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Kovarik DN, Patterson DG, Cohen C, Sanders EA, Peterson KA, Porter SG, Chowning JT.
  Bioinformatics education in high school: implications for promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.
  CBE Life Sci Educ. 2013 Fall;12(3):441-59. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Campbell CE, Nehm RH.
  A critical analysis of assessment quality in genomics and bioinformatics education research.
  CBE Life Sci Educ. 2013 Fall;12(3):530-41. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Luo J.
  Teaching the ABCs of bioinformatics: a brief introduction to the Applied Bioinformatics Course.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Sep 5. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Reisdorph N, Stearman R, Kechris K, Phang TL, Reisdorph R, Prenni J, Erle DJ, Coldren C, Schey K, Nesvizhskii A, Geraci M.
  Hands-on Workshops as An Effective Means of Learning Advanced Technologies Including Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics.
  Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. 2013 Dec 5. pii: S1672-0229(13)00120-4. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Fernandes P, Jain P, Moita C.
  Training experimental biologists in bioinformatics.
  Adv Bioinformatics. 2012;2012:672749. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Wightman B, Hark AT.
  Integration of bioinformatics into an undergraduate biology curriculum and the impact on development of mathematical skills.
  Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2012 Sep;40(5):310-9. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Bagga PS.
  Development of an undergraduate bioinformatics degree program at a liberal arts college.
  Yale J Biol Med. 2012 Sep;85(3):309-21. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Auerbach RK.
  Thriving in multidisciplinary research: advice for new bioinformatics students.
  Yale J Biol Med. 2012 Sep;85(3):323-9. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Searls DB.
  Ten Simple Rules for Online Learning.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2012 Sep;8(9):e1002631. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Searls DB.
  An Online Bioinformatics Curriculum.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2012 Sep;8(9):e1002632. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Klein JR, Gulsvig T.
  Using Bioinformatics to Develop and Test Hypotheses: E. coli-Specific Virulence Determinants.
  J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2012 Dec 3;13(2):161-9. PubMed abstract
  
  

Maintained by Lynda Ellis and Kristian Rother

What is BI2010

Bioinformatics generally applies computer science to solve biological problems. However, the field is interdisciplinary and constantly developing, so it is difficult to answer this question in one sentence.
Here are 2010-2011 articles on Bioinformatics. Earlier Archives are available.

Introductory links

• Bioinformatics.org FAQ Wiki
  "What is Bioinformatics? and many other questions answered" (24 Nov 2010)
  http://www.bioinformatics.org/wiki/Bioinformatics_FAQ
  
  
  

General References

• Searls DB.
  The roots of bioinformatics.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2010 Jun 24;6(6):e1000809 PubMed abstract
  
  
• Doolittle RF.
  The roots of bioinformatics in protein evolution.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2010 Jul 29;6(7):e1000875. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Hogeweg P.
  The roots of bioinformatics in theoretical biology.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2011 Mar;7(3):e1002021. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Attwood TK, Gisel A, Eriksson N-E, Bongcam-Rudloff, E.
  Concepts, historical milestones and the central place of bioinformatics in modern biology: a European perspective.
  In Bioinformatics - Trends and Methodologies, M.A.Mahdavi Ed., Intech Online Publishers, November 2011
  Intech Online Chapter
  
  

Selected Topics

• Thorn CF, Klein TE, Altman RB.
  Pharmacogenomics and bioinformatics: PharmGKB.
  Pharmacogenomics. 2010 Apr;11(4):501-5. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Tan TW, Tong JC, Khan AM, de Silva M, Lim KS, Ranganathan S.
  Advancing standards for bioinformatics activities: persistence, reproducibility, disambiguation and Minimum Information About a Bioinformatics investigation (MIABi).
  BMC Genomics. 2010 Dec 2;11 Suppl 4:S27. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Afshari CA, Hamadeh HK, Bushel PR.
  The Evolution of Bioinformatics in Toxicology: Advancing Toxicogenomics.
  Toxicol Sci. 2010 Dec 22. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Bertini I and Gavallaro G.
  Bioinformatics in bioinorganic chemistry
  Metallomics, 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b912156k PubMed abstract
  
  
• Fu WJ, Stromberg AJ, Viele K, Carroll RJ, Wu G.
  Statistics and bioinformatics in nutritional sciences: analysis of complex data in the era of systems biology.
  J Nutr Biochem. 2010 Mar 15. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Mochida K, Shinozaki K.
  Genomics and bioinformatics resources for crop improvement.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 2010 Mar 5. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Menschaert G, Vandekerckhove TT, Baggerman G, Schoofs L, Luyten W, Van Criekinge W.
  Peptidomics coming of age: a review of contributions from a bioinformatics angle.
  J Proteome Res. 2010 May 7;9(5):2051-61. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Giacomelli L, Covani U.
  Bioinformatics and data mining studies in oral genomics and proteomics: new trends and challenges.
  Open Dent J. 2010 Jul 16;4:67-71. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Jacob RJ.
  Bioinformatics for LC-MS/MS-based proteomics.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2010;658:61-91. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Demmer RT, Pavlidis P, Papapanou PN. (2010)
  Bioinformatics techniques in microarray research: applied microarray data analysis using R and SAS software.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2010;666:395-417. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Loewe RP, Nelson PJ.
  Microarray bioinformatics.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2011;671:295-320. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Chen C, Huang H, Wu CH.
  Protein bioinformatics databases and resources.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2011;694:3-24. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Shankar R.
  The Bioinformatics of Next Generation Sequencing: A Meeting Report.
  J Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Sep 7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Dudley JT, Pouliot Y, Chen R, Morgan AA, Butte AJ.
  Translational bioinformatics in the cloud: an affordable alternative.
  Genome Med. 2010 Aug 6;2(8):51. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Fuellen G, Adjaye J, de Grey A, Lepperdinger G, de Magalhães JP, Sühnel J, Wipat A.
  Bioinformatics in aging research: a workshop report.
  Rejuvenation Res. 2010 Dec;13(6):763-7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Che D, Liu Q, Rasheed K, Tao X.
  Decision tree and ensemble learning algorithms with their applications in bioinformatics.
  Adv Exp Med Biol. 2011;696:191-9. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Buchan NS, Rajpal DK, Webster Y, Alatorre C, Gudivada RC, Zheng C, Sanseau P, Koehler J.
  The role of translational bioinformatics in drug discovery.
  Drug Discov Today. 2011 Mar 21. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Teong Han C, Kwee Hong JT, Akma F, Shamsir MS.
  birgHPC: Creating Instant Computing Clusters for Bioinformatics and Molecular Dynamics.
  Bioinformatics. 2011 Mar 12. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Barga R, Howe B, Beck D, Bowers S, Dobyns W, Haynes W, Higdon R, Howard C, Roth C, Stewart E, Welch D, Kolker E.
  Bioinformatics and data-intensive scientific discovery in the beginning of the 21st century.
  OMICS. 2011 Apr;15(4):199-201. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Foster JM, Martens L.
  Bioinformatics challenges in the proteomic analysis of human plasma.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2011;728:333-47. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Anagnostopoulos AK, Tsiliki G, Spyrou G, Tsangaris GT.
  Bioinformatics approaches in the discovery and understanding of reproduction-related biomarkers.
  Expert Rev Proteomics. 2011 Apr;8(2):187-95. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Lindblom A, Robinson PN.
  Bioinformatics for human genetics: promises and challenges.
  Hum Mutat. 2011 May;32(5):495-500. doi: 10.1002/humu.21468. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Sarkar IN, Butte AJ, Lussier YA, Tarczy-Hornoch P, Ohno-Machado L.
  Translational bioinformatics: linking knowledge across biological and clinical realms.
  J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 May 10. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Fernald GH, Capriotti E, Daneshjou R, Karczewski KJ, Altman RB.
  Bioinformatics Challenges for Personalized Medicine.
  Bioinformatics. 2011 May 19. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Martens L.
  Bioinformatics challenges in mass spectrometry-driven proteomics.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2011;753:359-71. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Pavlopoulou A, Michalopoulos I.
  State-of-the-art bioinformatics protein structure prediction tools (Review).
  Int J Mol Med. 2011 May 23. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.705. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Altman RB, Miller KS.
  2010 Translational bioinformatics year in review.
  J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Jul 1;18(4):358-66. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Sirota M, Butte AJ.
  The role of bioinformatics in studying rheumatic and autoimmune disorders.
  Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2011 Jun 21. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.87. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Khatri P, Sarwal MM, Butte AJ.
  Applications of Translational Bioinformatics in Transplantation.
  Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Jun 29. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.120. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Hemphill JC, Andrews P, De Georgia M
  Multimodal monitoring and neurocritical care bioinformatics.
  Nat Rev Neurol. 2011 Jul 12. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2011.101. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Kawano S, Ono H, Takagi T, Bono H.
  Tutorial videos of bioinformatics resources: online distribution trial in Japan named TogoTV.
  Brief Bioinform. 2011 Jul 29. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Atkin AL.
  Yeast bioinformatics and strain engineering resources.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2011;765:173-87. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Bassel GW, Holdsworth MJ, Provart NJ.
  Seed bioinformatics.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2011;773:403-19. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Blekherman G, Laubenbacher R, Cortes DF, Mendes P, Torti FM, Akman S, Torti SV, Shulaev V.
  Bioinformatics tools for cancer metabolomics.
  Metabolomics. 2011 Sep;7(3):329-343. Epub 2011 Jan 12. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Martinez M.
  Plant protein-coding gene families: emerging bioinformatics approaches.
  Trends Plant Sci. 2011 Oct;16(10):558-67 PubMed abstract
  
  
• Romano P, Giugno R, Pulvirenti A.
  Tools and collaborative environments for bioinformatics research.
  Brief Bioinform. 2011 Oct 7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Ahn S.
  Introduction to bioinformatics: sequencing technology.
  Asia Pac Allergy. 2011 Jul;1(2):93-7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Nugent T, Jones DT.
  Membrane protein structural bioinformatics.
  J Struct Biol. 2011 Oct 31. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Milanowska K, Rother K, Bujnicki JM.
  Databases and bioinformatics tools for the study of DNA repair.
  Mol Biol Int. 2011;2011:475718. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Mochida K, Shinozaki K.
  Advances in Omics and Bioinformatics Tools for Systems Analyses of Plant Functions.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 2011 Dec;52(12):2017-2038. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Lee HC, Lai K, Lorenc MT, Imelfort M, Duran C, Edwards D.
  Bioinformatics tools and databases for analysis of next-generation sequence data.
  Brief Funct Genomics. 2011 Dec 19. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Mushegian A.
  Grand challenges in bioinformatics and computational biology.
  Front Genet. 2011;2:60. Epub 2011 Sep 15. PubMed abstract
  
  

Links and references provided by Lynda Ellis

What is Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics generally applies computer science to solve biological problems. However, the field is interdisciplinary and constantly developing, so it is difficult to answer this question in one sentence. 2013,  2012 and 2010-2011 articles have been archived. Earlier Archives are available.

Introductory links

• Google Defines Bioinformatics
  "Google's Definitions of Bioinformatics on the Web"
  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=googlet&oi=defmore&q=define:Bioinformatics
  
  
  
• Onelook Dictionary Searches Defines Bioinformatics
  "Onelook Dictionary Search for Bioinformatics"
  http://www.onelook.com/?loc=bm&w=bioinformatics
  
  
  
• Wikipedia
  "Bioinformatics page" (5 April 2013)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics
  
  
  

General References

• PLOS Computational Biology Collections
  
  • Home
    http://www.ploscollections.org/static/pcbiCollections
  
  
  • The Roots of Bioinformatics
    http://www.ploscollections.org/rootsofbioinformatics
  
  
  • About My Lab
    http://www.ploscollections.org/aboutmylab
    
    
    
• Fuller JC, Khoueiry P, Dinkel H, Forslund K, Stamatakis A, Barry J, Budd A, Soldatos TG, Linssen K, Rajput AM; HUB Participants.
  Biggest challenges in bioinformatics.
  EMBO Rep. 2013 Mar 15. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Song M, Yang CC, Tang X.
  Detecting evolution of bioinformatics with a content and co-authorship analysis.
  Springerplus. 2013 Apr 26;2(1):186. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Good BM, Su AI.
  Crowdsourcing for Bioinformatics.
  Bioinformatics. 2013 Jun 19. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Hamada M.
  Fighting against uncertainty: an essential issue in bioinformatics.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Jun 26. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Bernard V, Michaut M.
  Explain bioinformatics to your grandmother!
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2013 Oct;9(10):e1003305. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Can T.
  Introduction to bioinformatics.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1107:51-71. PubMed abstract
  
  

Selected Topics

• Dolled-Filhart MP, Lee M Jr, Ou-Yang CW, Haraksingh RR, Lin JC.
  Computational and bioinformatics frameworks for next-generation whole exome and genome sequencing.
  ScientificWorldJournal. 2013;2013:730210. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Carrico J, Sabat A, Friedrich A, Ramirez M; on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM).
  Bioinformatics in bacterial molecular epidemiology and public health: databases, tools and the next-generation sequencing revolution.
  Euro Surveill. 2013 Jan 24;18(4). PubMed abstract
  
  
• Rossi S, Calin GA.
  Bioinformatics, Non-coding RNAs and Its Possible Application in Personalized Medicine.
  Adv Exp Med Biol. 2013;774:21-37. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Góngora-Castillo E, Buell CR.
  Bioinformatics challenges in de novo transcriptome assembly using short read sequences in the absence of a reference genome sequence.
  Nat Prod Rep. 2013 Apr;30(4):490-500. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Hong H, Zhang W, Shen J, Su Z, Ning B, Han T, Perkins R, Shi L, Tong W.
  Critical role of bioinformatics in translating huge amounts of next-generation sequencing data into personalized medicine.
  Sci China Life Sci. 2013 Feb;56(2):110-8. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Caccia D, Dugo M, Callari M, Ongarzone I.
  Bioinformatics tools for secretome analysis.
  Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Feb 5. pii: S1570-9639(13)00050-2. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Gromiha MM, Ou YY.
  Bioinformatics approaches for functional annotation of membrane proteins.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Mar 23. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Ngounou Wetie AG, Sokolowska I, Woods AG, Roy U, Deinhardt K, Darie CC.
  Protein-protein interactions: switch from classical methods to proteomics and bioinformatics-based approaches.
  Cell Mol Life Sci. 2013 Apr 12. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Tsongalis GJ, Chao E, Hagenkord JM, Hambuch T, Moore JH.
  Bioinformatics: What the Clinical Laboratorian Needs to Know and Prepare For.
  Clin Chem. 2013 May 30. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Li MW, Qi X, Ni M, Lam HM.
  Silicon era of carbon-based life: application of genomics and bioinformatics in crop stress research.
  Int J Mol Sci. 2013 May 29;14(6):11444-83. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Moriconi F, Beard MR, Yuen LK.
  Bioinformatics methods for the analysis of hepatitis viruses.
  Antivir Ther. 2013;18(3 Pt B):531-9. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Hassanien AE, Al-Shammari ET, Ghali NI.
  Computational intelligence techniques in bioinformatics.
  Comput Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 10;47C:37-47. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Kouskoumvekaki I, Shublaq N, Brunak S.
  Facilitating the use of large-scale biological data and tools in the era of translational bioinformatics.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Aug 1. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Sun P, Ju H, Liu Z, Ning Q, Zhang J, Zhao X, Huang Y, Ma Z, Li Y.
  Bioinformatics resources and tools for conformational B-cell epitope prediction.
  Comput Math Methods Med. 2013;2013:943636. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Sankar S, Nayanar SK, Balasubramanian S.
  Current trends in cancer vaccines - a bioinformatics perspective.
  Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14(7):4041-7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Overby CL, Tarczy-Hornoch P.
  Personalized medicine: challenges and opportunities for translational bioinformatics.
  Per Med. 2013 Jul 1;10(5):453-462. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Misra N, Panda PK, Parida BK.
  Agrigenomics for Microalgal Biofuel Production: An Overview of Various Bioinformatics Resources and Recent Studies to Link OMICS to Bioenergy and Bioeconomy.
  OMICS. 2013 Sep 17. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Gu P, Chen H.
  Modern bioinformatics meets traditional Chinese medicine.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Sep 24. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Choong YS, Tye GJ, Lim TS.
  Minireview: Applied Structural Bioinformatics in Proteomics.
  Protein J. 2013 Oct 6. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Bencharit S, Border MB, Edelmann A, Byrd WC.
  Update in research and methods in proteomics and bioinformatics.
  Expert Rev Proteomics. 2013 Oct;10(5):413-415. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Zhou S, Liao R, Guan J.
  When cloud computing meets bioinformatics: a review.
  J Bioinform Comput Biol. 2013 Oct;11(5):1330002. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Naulaerts S, Meysman P, Bittremieux W, Vu TN, Vanden Berghe W, Goethals B, Laukens K.
  A primer to frequent itemset mining for bioinformatics.
  Brief Bioinform. 2013 Oct 26. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Lopes RD, Resende NM, Honorio-França AC, França EL.
  Application of Bioinformatics in Chronobiology Research.
  ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 Sep 25;2013:153839. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Huang X, Bruce B, Buchan A, Congdon CB, Cramer CL, Jennings SF, Jiang H, Li Z, McClure G, McMullen R, Moore JH, Nanduri B, Peckham J, Perkins A, Polson SW, Rekepalli B, Salem S, Specker J, Wunsch D, Xiong D, Zhang S, Zhao Z.
  No-boundary thinking in bioinformatics research.
  BioData Min. 2013 Nov 6;6(1):19. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Suwa M.
  Bioinformatics Tools for Predicting GPCR Gene Functions.
  Adv Exp Med Biol. 2014;796:205-24. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Allmer J.
  Computational and Bioinformatics Methods for MicroRNA Gene Prediction.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1107:157-75. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Mardis ER.
  Coming to grips with bioinformatics.
  Pathology. 2014 Feb;46 Suppl 1:S25. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Ning L, Liu G, Li G, Hou Y, Tong Y, He J.
  Current Challenges in the Bioinformatics of Single Cell Genomics.
  Front Oncol. 2014 Jan 27;4:7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Marz M, Beerenwinkel N, Drosten C, Fricke M, Fricke M, Frishman D, Hofacker IL, Hoffmann D, Middendorf M, Rattei T, Stadler PF, Töpfer A.
  Challenges in RNA Virus Bioinformatics.
  Bioinformatics. 2014 Mar 3. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Chang CC, Tey BT, Song J, Ramanan RN.
  Towards more accurate prediction of protein folding rates: a review of the existing web-based bioinformatics approaches.
  Brief Bioinform. 2014 Mar 11. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Ryu SY.
  Bioinformatics tools to identify and quantify proteins using mass spectrometry data.
  Adv Protein Chem Struct Biol. 2014;94:1-17. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Jung S, Main D.
  Genomics and bioinformatics resources for translational science in Rosaceae.
  Plant Biotechnol Rep. 2014;8:49-64. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Gorodkin J, Hofacker IL, Ruzzo WL.
  Concepts and introduction to RNA bioinformatics.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1097:1-31. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Tafer H.
  Bioinformatics of siRNA Design.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1097:477-90. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Tang H, Mayampurath A, Yu CY, Mechref Y.
  Bioinformatics protocols in glycomics and glycoproteomics.
  Curr Protoc Protein Sci. 2014 Apr 1;76:2.15.1-7. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Acosta-Martin AE, Lane L.
  Combining bioinformatics and MS-based proteomics: clinical implications.
  Expert Rev Proteomics. 2014 Apr 10. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Guffanti A, Simchovitz A, Soreq H.
  Emerging bioinformatics approaches for analysis of NGS-derived coding and non-coding RNAs in neurodegenerative diseases.
  Front Cell Neurosci. 2014 Mar 27;8:89. PubMed abstract
  
  
• Li S, Kang L, Zhao XM.
  A Survey on Evolutionary Algorithm Based Hybrid Intelligence in Bioinformatics.
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