NCBI’s bioinformatics introduction
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/bioinformatics.html
This
site includes short descriptions of biological databases, bioinformatics,
computational biology, evolutionary biology, protein modeling, and genome
mapping.
NCBI’s Science Primer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/index.html
This
site is an introduction to research techniques used in modern biology
research.
Biological
Sequence Analysis
http://www.ctaalliance.org/MCBI/BSA.html
Methods,
Tool's and Resources
Topics
covered are
-
Bioinformatics
- Genome Mapping
- Molecular Modeling
- SNP’s
- EST’s
- Microarrays
- Molecular Genetics
- Pharmacogenetics, and
- Phylogenetics.
ALtruis e-proteomics.net
http://www.e-proteomics.net/#structure
This
site has a short introduction to proteomics and structural biology,
with links to paragraphs on proteomics techniques (2-D Page, Mass Spec,
Post-translational analysis, Protein Microarrays, Phage display, Bioinformatics),
Crystallography, and NMR.
NCBI’s Genes and disease pages
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/
This
site describes the many ways that gene and protein errors cause a wide
variety of diseases. The diseases are categorized by functional systems
in the body, i.e.
-
Cancer – uncontrolled cell division
- Immune system, Metabolism – food and energy (includes obesity
research)
- Muscle and bone – movement and growth
- Nervous System – mind and body
- Signals – cellular messages
- Transporters – pumps and channels.
Bioinformatics Frequently Asked Questions at
bioinformatics.org
http://bioinformatics.org/faq/
Answers to questions frequently asked by newcomers to bioinformatics.
“omics”
map at Harvard
http://arep.med.harvard.edu/
This is mainly a map of research at Harvard. It describes a few more
”omes”, including the Genome, Transcriptome, Proteome, Physiome,
and Biome/Phenome.
