Bioinformatics for Biologists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107648874 ISBN 13: 9781107648876

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The computational education of biologists is changing to prepare students for facing the complex datasets of today's life science research. In this concise textbook, the authors' fresh pedagogical approaches lead biology students from first principles towards computational thinking. A team of renowned bioinformaticians take innovative routes to introduce computational ideas in the context of real biological problems. Intuitive explanations promote deep understanding, using little mathematical formalism. Self-contained chapters show how computational procedures are developed and applied to central topics in bioinformatics and genomics, such as the genetic basis of disease, genome evolution or the tree of life concept. Using bioinformatic resources requires a basic understanding of what bioinformatics is and what it can do. Rather than just presenting tools, the authors – each a leading scientist – engage the students' problem-solving skills, preparing them to meet the computational challenges of their life science careers.

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About the Authors

Pavel Pevzner is Ronald R. Taylor Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program at the University of California, San Diego. He was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in 2006.

Ron Shamir is the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Professor of Bioinformatics and Head of the Edmond J. Safra Bioinformatics Program at Tel Aviv University. He founded the joint Life Sciences/Computer Science undergraduate degree program in Bioinformatics at Tel Aviv University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107648874
• ISBN 13: 9781107648876
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 394
• Editor: Pevzner Pavel