Practicals in Bioinformatics

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These days computers are part of our every day lives. Everywhere you go they are used to keep track of data, process transactions and support communication. The Human Genome Project (and other genome sequencing projects) is producing data at an astounding rate; currently sequence entries are being added to the EMBL sequence database faster than you can read their one-line descriptions – on average, one new sequence per second.

The task of processing all this data and converting sequences into gene and protein predictions would be impossible without the development of computer based analysis tools. The last few years have seen a rapid acceleration in the development of new Bioinformatics approaches, and a dramatic increase in the number of researchers involved in this field.

So why do you need to learn Bioinformatics? At the very least, you will need to identify whether your gene of interest has already been sequenced, and whether there are related sequences. If you aren't working on humans, or one of the other organisms that is being sequenced, there will be fewer  pre-prepared resources available to you, although this discrepancy is narrowing, as more and more genome projects are completed.

Our aim is to present a hands-on approach to bioinformatics utility software for computing novices. The book will provide an overview of almost all bioinformatics subjects and discuss some of the ideas behind the approaches and tackle some common tasks. The book has many practical examples and these try to follow typical mini projects so that the relevance is apparent.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Shanmughavel

Dr. P. Shanmughavel has a brilliant academic career in Botany, with specialization in Plantation Forestry and a Ph.D. degree in Botany (Plantation-Bamboo) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He has submitted a dissertation for Doctor of Science (D. Sc.). He has specialized in Plantation Bamboo work and contributed more than 120 research papers and popular articles and has also written four books on bamboo. In appreciation of his research work, the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu, honoured him with the prestigious Tamil Nadu Scientist Award (TANSA) in 2002. His book in a regional language was awarded the Best book of the Year 2002 in the field of Agriculture by the Government of Tamil Nadu. He has visited several Asian and African countries. He is a Principal Investigator of several research works in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. Presently, he is a Lecturer with the Unit of Bioinformatics, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Title
Practicals in Bioinformatics
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8171325955, 9788171325955
Length
xii+120p.,
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