Building Bioinformatics Solutions

This book introduces the reader to all the key concepts and technologies needed to begin developing their own bioinformatics tools. The new edition includes more bioinformatics-specific content and a new chapter on good software engineering practices to help people working in teams.

Conrad Bessant, Professor of Bioinformatics, The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London,Darren Oakley, Software Developer, Nature Publishing Group,Ian Shadforth, Director of Integrated Health, Alere Inc.

Conrad Bessant is Professor of Bioinformatics at Queen Mary, University of London. He is active in both teaching and research, and has been involved in a number of software development projects in the areas of proteomics and metabolomics.

Darren Oakley is a Software Developer at Nature Publishing Group (NPG). During his time at NPG he has been involved in numerous projects for improving the meta-data related to NPG articles. His current role is lead developer on NPG's next-generation online publishing platform.

Ian Shadforth is Director of Integrated Health and Bioinformatics at Alere Inc - a global medical devices and health management company. In this role Ian leads new concept development across technology, analytics and web to better enable individuals to achieve their health goals.