Sixth Bioinformatics Open Source Conference 19
Shipud writes "The sixth Bioinformatics Open Source Conference
will take place this June in Detroit, MI.
Open source licensed software has proven to be the most popular and useful
for bioinformatics research.
This includes the EMBOSS suite for sequence
analysis, the Biopython;
Bioperl, and Biojava
collaborativelty constructed toolboxes; the ubiquitous
RasMol and
PyMol molecular visualization
tools, and more, much more.
Here is
one opinion as to why open source and collaborative development
have been such a raging success even at big pharma, despite the apparent IP hurdles."
Re:as opposed to the closed source (Score:1)
Imagine trying to get BLAST working with VB!!
Error: acronym overloaded (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Error: acronym overloaded (Score:2)
There is much better things to worry about out there. ;)
Re:Error: acronym overloaded (Score:1)
Re:Error: acronym overloaded (Score:2)
Give me Liberty from acronyms or give me lawyers (Score:1)
Meanwhile, in the real world, IP still stands for Internet Protocol and we're still waiting for IPv6
Bioinformatics.org (Score:4, Informative)
Many of these open-source projects are hosted at bioinformatics.org [bioinformatics.org]. The site also contains great information in the FAQ [bioinformatics.org] such as definitions of bioinformatics, colleges and universities that offer programs, both undergraduate and graduate level, in bioinformatics, and discussion of skills required or suggested for the area of study.
hello? bioruby? (Score:3, Informative)
Re: Try bioknoppix too (Score:2, Funny)
http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/
R and Bioconductor (Score:1)
How's the career? (Score:2)
Re:How's the career? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:How's the career? (Score:2, Informative)
What has happened is that bioinformatics has become more pervasive in the general research community, and this has presented opportunities for pure bioinformaticians. I think that there are two potential roles for bioinformaticians:
Re:How's the career? (Score:1)
My job is purely bioinformatics, and I love it. It's exciting research, and it pays well. Our group has been trying to hire more people, but there are not many candidates out there with the right qualifications. It's best to have a Ph.D. in one of the life sciences (mine is in Biochemistry) and a lot of practical experience with programming, data analysis, and application development.
I think bioinformatics is now an accepted research specialty, like X-ray crystallography or proteomics. You need to col