BioManager: the use of a bioinformatics web application as a teaching tool in undergraduate bioinformatics training

• Published in: Briefings in bioinformatics Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 457 - 465
• Main Authors: Cattley, Sonia, Arthur, Jonathan W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.11.2007; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Bioinformatics; Biological and medical sciences; Case studies; Computational Biology - education; Computer-Assisted Instruction - methods; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Genomics; Higher education; Internet; Mathematics in biology. Statistical analysis. Models. Metrology. Data processing in biology (general aspects); R&D; Research & development; Science education; Software; Software Design; Teaching - methods; Training; Websites; teaching; interface; undergraduate; bioinformatics; biomanager; integrated; Web service; Computer assisted teaching; Bioinformatics; Interface; Teaching

The completion of the human genome project, and other genome sequencing projects, has spearheaded the emergence of the field of bioinformatics. Using computer programs to analyse DNA and protein information has become an important area of life science research and development. While it is not necess...