j0h0nny
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![[*]](images/xp/default_icon.gif) posted on 5-22-2003 at 08:25 AM |
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good textbook
I am a beginner in bioinformatics and I would like to have a good textbook in order to have a better start on this new field.Is there any
recommendation?
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kirwilliam
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| posted on 5-22-2003 at 08:40 AM |
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Well, as text books go, i'm an O'reilly fan, the one's i'd say are good are:
Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills
Mastering Algorithms in Perl
I've also got (not necessarily bioinformatics books but nice anyhow):
Perl & LWP
Learning UNIX for Mac OS X
The Complete Idiots guide to C++
Mac OS X: Unleashed
As far as biology goes, i have:
Instant Notes: Biochemistry
Instant Notes: Molecular Biology
Gene 7
The Telomere (i'm working on stochastic models of telomere errosion)
Plus loads of various microbiology / genetics text books left over from my degree
I've also got Bioinformatics: A practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins (second edition). Its rubbish, it costs a fortune - don't get
it, i've only got it because it was free (if you know the right people).
I've also got 'Introduction to Bioinformatics' (by Teresa K. Attwood, David J. Parry-Smith
Prentice Hall). I bought it at the start of my Masters course. Its terrible and a waste of money. Lecture notes were far more usefull.
Use lecture notes to get the info, and buy text books to fill in the skills like programming and background biology. You will not find a really great
single bioinformatics book because the subject is diverse and ever changing.
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| posted on 5-22-2003 at 04:53 PM |
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Books
I agree with the last guy that O`Reilly Perl for Bioinformatics is a good book.
If you are a beginner to Java I would steer well clear of the Java in a Nutshell series as it is very poorly presented.
A new book that I think is absolutely brilliant (especially if you are interested in structural bioinformatics) is
Structural Bioinformatics by Philip Bourne and Helge Weissig. Really will be one of those books you refer to time and time again.
For everthing else I suppose the instant notes series will do, and I don`t think it will be necessary to buy any others. You will probably spend most
your time n the computer lab anyway so they will be useless sitting at home.
Hope this helps.
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j0h0nny
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| posted on 9-20-2003 at 03:54 AM |
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Are there any recommend-able and free lecture notes?
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| posted on 5-4-2004 at 09:14 PM |
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You can get some lecture notes and also books in the web if u know how to look for it
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| posted on 11-21-2004 at 11:39 PM |
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firstly, may i know what is your background education ?
i am fully agree with kirwilliam.....
Im from IT background and honestly im new player in bioinformatics....Right now I study biology from : Genomes 2 by TA. Brown
It recommended by my lecturer and i found it's very useful for me....
For bioinformatics book, I bought : introduction to bioinformatics by Mount....it cost 37 pounds....actually im not finish this book yet but it's good
so far....
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| posted on 7-28-2010 at 04:41 AM |
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Terrible book. I thought I'd come out of it with a new understanding and appreciation for owls; that I'd never look at them the same again. It had
absolutely no depth. Fact after fact after fact with no explanation, context, or staying power in my brain. Reading Wikipedia could have taught me
more..
Revolution E-Cigarette
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