Practical Computing For Biologists

Author : Steven H.D. Haddock
Publisher : Sinauer
ISBN 13 : 9780878933914
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Computing for Biologists written by Steven H.D. Haddock and published by Sinauer. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Computing for Biologists shows you how to use many freely available computing tools to work more powerfully and effectively. The book was born out of the authors' own experience in developing tools for their research and helping other biologists with their computational problems. Many of the techniques are relevant to molecular bioinformatics but the scope of the book is much broader, covering topics and techniques that are applicable to a range of scientific endeavours. Twenty-two chapters organized into six parts address the following topics (and more; see Contents): • Searching with regular expressions • The Unix command line • Python programming and debugging • Creating and editing graphics • Databases • Performing analyses on remote servers • Working with electronics While the main narrative focuses on Mac OS X, most of the concepts and examples apply to any operating system. Where there are differences for Windows and Linux users, parallel instructions are provided in the margin and in an appendix. The book is designed to be used as a self-guided resource for researchers, a companion book in a course, or as a primary textbook. Practical Computing for Biologists will free you from the most frustrating and time-consuming aspects of data processing so you can focus on the pleasures of scientific inquiry.

Author : Stefano Allesina
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691182752
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computing Skills for Biologists written by Stefano Allesina and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to key computing skills for biologists While biological data continues to grow exponentially in size and quality, many of today’s biologists are not trained adequately in the computing skills necessary for leveraging this information deluge. In Computing Skills for Biologists, Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes present a valuable toolbox for the effective analysis of biological data. Based on the authors’ experiences teaching scientific computing at the University of Chicago, this textbook emphasizes the automation of repetitive tasks and the construction of pipelines for data organization, analysis, visualization, and publication. Stressing practice rather than theory, the book’s examples and exercises are drawn from actual biological data and solve cogent problems spanning the entire breadth of biological disciplines, including ecology, genetics, microbiology, and molecular biology. Beginners will benefit from the many examples explained step-by-step, while more seasoned researchers will learn how to combine tools to make biological data analysis robust and reproducible. The book uses free software and code that can be run on any platform. Computing Skills for Biologists is ideal for scientists wanting to improve their technical skills and instructors looking to teach the main computing tools essential for biology research in the twenty-first century. Excellent resource for acquiring comprehensive computing skills Both novice and experienced scientists will increase efficiency by building automated and reproducible pipelines for biological data analysis Code examples based on published data spanning the breadth of biological disciplines Detailed solutions provided for exercises in each chapter Extensive companion website

Author : Ran Libeskind-Hadas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316061337
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computing for Biologists written by Ran Libeskind-Hadas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computing is revolutionizing the practice of biology. This book, which assumes no prior computing experience, provides students with the tools to write their own Python programs and to understand fundamental concepts in computational biology and bioinformatics. Each major part of the book begins with a compelling biological question, followed by the algorithmic ideas and programming tools necessary to explore it: the origins of pathogenicity are examined using gene finding, the evolutionary history of sex determination systems is studied using sequence alignment, and the origin of modern humans is addressed using phylogenetic methods. In addition to providing general programming skills, this book explores the design of efficient algorithms, simulation, NP-hardness, and the maximum likelihood method, among other key concepts and methods. Easy-to-read and designed to equip students with the skills to write programs for solving a range of biological problems, the book is accompanied by numerous programming exercises, available at www.cs.hmc.edu/CFB.

Author : Röbbe Wünschiers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642347495
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computational Biology written by Röbbe Wünschiers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This greatly expanded 2nd edition provides a practical introduction to - data processing with Linux tools and the programming languages AWK and Perl - data management with the relational database system MySQL, and - data analysis and visualization with the statistical computing environment R for students and practitioners in the life sciences. Although written for beginners, experienced researchers in areas involving bioinformatics and computational biology may benefit from numerous tips and tricks that help to process, filter and format large datasets. Learning by doing is the basic concept of this book. Worked examples illustrate how to employ data processing and analysis techniques, e.g. for - finding proteins potentially causing pathogenicity in bacteria, - supporting the significance of BLAST with homology modeling, or - detecting candidate proteins that may be redox-regulated, on the basis of their structure. All the software tools and datasets used are freely available. One section is devoted to explaining setup and maintenance of Linux as an operating system independent virtual machine. The author's experiences and knowledge gained from working and teaching in both academia and industry constitute the foundation for this practical approach.

Author : Gabriella Panuccio
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783030545703
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, 14th International Conference (PACBB 2020) written by Gabriella Panuccio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the latest research on practical applications of computational biology and bioinformatics, and addresses emerging experimental and sequencing techniques that are posing new challenges for bioinformatics and computational biology. Successfully applying these techniques calls for new algorithms and approaches from fields such as statistics, data mining, machine learning, optimization, computer science, and artificial intelligence. In response to these challenges, we have seen the rise of a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists with a strong background in the biological and computational sciences.These proceedings include 21 papers covering many different subfields of bioinformatics and computational biology. Focusing on interdisciplinary applications that combine e.g. bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, and system biology, they are intended to promote the collaboration of scientists from different research groups and with different backgrounds (computer scientists, mathematicians, biologists) to reach breakthrough solutions and overcome the challenges outlined above.

Author : Röbbe Wünschiers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642185525
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computational Biology written by Röbbe Wünschiers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Teaches the reader how to use Unix, which is the key to basic computing and allows the most flexibility for bioinformatics applications -Written specifically with the needs of molecular biologists in mind -Easy to follow, written for beginners with no computational knowledge -Includes examples from biological data analysis -Can be use either for self-teaching or in courses

Author : Wing-Kin Sung
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420070347
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Algorithms in Bioinformatics written by Wing-Kin Sung and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly Describes Biological Applications, Computational Problems, and Various Algorithmic Solutions Developed from the author's own teaching material, Algorithms in Bioinformatics: A Practical Introduction provides an in-depth introduction to the algorithmic techniques applied in bioinformatics. For each topic, the author clearly details the bi

Author : Tim J. Stevens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316194140
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Python Programming for Biology written by Tim J. Stevens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have a biological question that could be readily answered by computational techniques, but little experience in programming? Do you want to learn more about the core techniques used in computational biology and bioinformatics? Written in an accessible style, this guide provides a foundation for both newcomers to computer programming and those interested in learning more about computational biology. The chapters guide the reader through: a complete beginners' course to programming in Python, with an introduction to computing jargon; descriptions of core bioinformatics methods with working Python examples; scientific computing techniques, including image analysis, statistics and machine learning. This book also functions as a language reference written in straightforward English, covering the most common Python language elements and a glossary of computing and biological terms. This title will teach undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals working in the life sciences how to program with Python, a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use language.

Author : Bryan P. Bergeron
Publisher : Prentice Hall Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780131008250
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bioinformatics Computing written by Bryan P. Bergeron and published by Prentice Hall Professional. This book was released on 2003 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and concise, this handbook has chapters on computing visualization, large database designs, advanced pattern matching and other key bioinformatics techniques. It is a practical guide to computing in the growing field of Bioinformatics--the study of how information is represented and transmitted in biological systems, starting at the molecular level.

Author : Vince Buffalo
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449367518
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bioinformatics Data Skills written by Vince Buffalo and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the data skills necessary for turning large sequencing datasets into reproducible and robust biological findings. With this practical guide, youâ??ll learn how to use freely available open source tools to extract meaning from large complex biological data sets. At no other point in human history has our ability to understand lifeâ??s complexities been so dependent on our skills to work with and analyze data. This intermediate-level book teaches the general computational and data skills you need to analyze biological data. If you have experience with a scripting language like Python, youâ??re ready to get started. Go from handling small problems with messy scripts to tackling large problems with clever methods and tools Process bioinformatics data with powerful Unix pipelines and data tools Learn how to use exploratory data analysis techniques in the R language Use efficient methods to work with genomic range data and range operations Work with common genomics data file formats like FASTA, FASTQ, SAM, and BAM Manage your bioinformatics project with the Git version control system Tackle tedious data processing tasks with with Bash scripts and Makefiles