Building Bioinformatics Solutions

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Conrad Bessant (Professor of Bioinformatics, Professor of Bioinformatics, The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London) Darren Oakley (Software Developer, Software Developer, Nature Publishing Group)

Building Bioinformatics Solutions

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

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Oxford University Press
30 January 2014

Genetics (non-medical); Molecular biology; Program concepts & learning to program; Databases

Bioinformatics encompasses a broad and ever-changing range of activities involved with the management and analysis of data from molecular biology experiments. Despite the diversity of activities and applications, the basic methodology and core tools needed to tackle bioinformatics problems is common to many projects. This unique book provides an invaluable introduction to three of the main tools used in the development of bioinformatics software - Perl, R and MySQL - and explains how these can be used together to tackle the complex data-driven challenges that typify modern biology. These industry standard open source tools form the core of many bioinformatics projects, both in academia and industry. The methodologies introduced are platform independent, and all the examples that feature have been tested on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Building Bioinformatics Solutions is suitable for graduate students and researchers in the life sciences who wish to automate analyses or create their own databases and web-based tools. No prior knowledge of software development is assumed. Having worked through the book, the reader should have the necessary core skills to develop computational solutions for their specific research programmes. The book will also help the reader overcome the inertia associated with penetrating this field, and provide them with the confidence and understanding required to go on to develop more advanced bioinformatics skills.

By: Conrad Bessant (Professor of Bioinformatics Professor of Bioinformatics The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Queen Mary University of London), Darren Oakley (Software Developer, Software Developer, Nature Publishing Group), Ian Shadforth (Director of Integrated Health, Director of Integrated Health, Alere Inc.)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 190mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 702g
ISBN: 9780199658565
ISBN 10: 0199658560
Pages: 366
Publication Date: 30 January 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction2: Building Biological Databases with SQL3: Beginning Programming in Perl4: Numerical data analysis using R5: Developing Web Resources6: Software Engineering for BioinformaticsAppendix A: Using Command Line InterfacesAppendix B: Getting started with Apache HTTP ServerAppendix C: Setting up a Linux Virtual Machine in Windows

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.