Bioinformatics and the Undergraduate Curriculum
Bioinformatics and the Undergraduate Curriculum
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.10-03-0038
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Hanrahan, Michael
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作者：
Maloney, Mark;Parker, Jeffrey;Hanrahan, Michael
最近涉及数据生成和分析的高通量技术的进展使得熟悉基本的生物信息学概念和程序成为生物科学的必要条件。大学生越来越需要在寻找和检索存储在庞大数据库中的信息的方法方面进行培训。生物信息学作为一门新兴学科的迅速崛起，对许多高校的课程设置提出了挑战，这些高校往往面临着资源停滞或不断减少的问题。有利的一面是，许多生物信息学模块和相关数据库和软件程序都是免费的，可以在网上访问，现有教师和他们的支持人员之间的跨学科伙伴关系在这些努力中被证明是有利的。我们提出了一些策略和方法的例子，这些策略和方法已经成功地用于将生物信息学内容纳入本科课程。
Recent advances involving high-throughput techniques for data generation and analysis have made familiarity with basic bioinformatics concepts and programs a necessity in the biological sciences. Undergraduate students increasingly need training in methods related to finding and retrieving information stored in vast databases. The rapid rise of bioinformatics as a new discipline has challenged many colleges and universities to keep current with their curricula, often in the face of static or dwindling resources. On the plus side, many bioinformatics modules and related databases and software programs are free and accessible online, and interdisciplinary partnerships between existing faculty members and their support staff have proved advantageous in such efforts. We present examples of strategies and methods that have been successfully used to incorporate bioinformatics content into undergraduate curricula.