What is Bioinformatics? (2000-2001)

Defining Bioinformatics

• Methods Inf Med
  Luscombe NM, Greenbaum D, Gerstein M. (2001) "What is bioinformatics? A proposed definition and overview of the field." 40: 346-58.
  http://bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu/e-print/whatis-mim/gerstein_manuscript.pdf
  http://bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu/what-is-it/
• J Lab Clin Med
  McDonald CJ. (2001) "Hickam 2000: the maturation of, and linkages between, medical informatics and bioinformatics." 138: 359-66.
  
• R.L. Bernstein
  "What is Bioinformatics?" and 28 other, related, presentations (June 1, 2001)
  http://www.swbic.org/education/bioinfo/
• NIH BISTIC Definition Committee
  "NIH Working Definition of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology" (July 17, 2000)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/bistic/CompuBioDef.pdf
• BioTech: Life Science Resources and References
  What is Bioinformatics? (July 23, 1998)
  http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/bioinfo.html
• VSNS BioComputing Division
  Ulf Reimer and Georg Fuellen, "Biocomputing in a Nutshell"
  http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/bcd/ForAll/Basics/welcome.html

Training, Funding, and Career Possibilities

• Bioinformatics Editorials
  Andy Brass, "Bioinformatics Education - A UK Perspective" (Feb. 2000; 16: 77-78)
  http://bioinformatics.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/2/77
  Christos Ouzounis, "Two or Three Myths About Bioinformatics" (March, 2000; 16: 187-189)
  http://bioinformatics.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/3/187
  Chris Sander "Challenges for Bioinformatics" (January, 2001; 17: 1-2).
  http://bioinformatics.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/1/1
  Martin Vingron "Bioinformatics Needs to Adopt Statistical Thinking" (May, 2001; 17: 389-390).
  http://bioinformatics.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/5/389
  Willliam R. Pearson "Training for bioinformatics and computational biology" (September, 2001; 17: 761-762.)
  http://bioinformatics.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/9/761
• Science Next Wave
  Vid Mohan-Ram, "Bioinformatics: Magic Technology" (25 February 2000)
  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/02/24/6
  Crispin Taylor "Bioinformatics Feature Index" (1 September 2000)
  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/08/23/1
  Hannah Cottle "Bioinformatics for Beginners" (29 June 2001)
  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2001/06/27/4
• Chemical and Engineering News
  Karen J. Watkins, "Bioinformatics: Making sense of information mined from the human genome is a massive undertaking for the fledgling industy"
  (Business Cover Story) (Feb. 19, 2001)
  http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/7908/7908bus3.html
  Celia M. Henry, "The Hottest Job in Town" (Employment) (Jan. 1, 2001)
  http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/jan012001/7901empl.html
• McMillian Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  David A. Adler and Darrell Conklin "Bioinformatics" (Dec. 2000)
  http://www.els.net/elsonline/html/A0001900.html
• National Academy Press
  Pool, R. and Esnayra, J. (2000) Bioinformatics: converting data to knowledge: workshop summary. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072565/html/
• Journal of Cell Biology
  Torres, M.J. (2001) "How I began my training in bioinformatics" 80: 210-211.
  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext?ID=73505458&PLACEBO=IE.pdf
• Scientific American
  Howard, M (2000) "The Bioinformatics Gold Rush" 283: 58-63.
  
• Biochemical Education
  Sansom C.E., Smith C.A. (2000) "Computer applications in biomolecular sciences. Part 2: bioinformatics and genome projects" 28:127-131.
  http://hub.elsevier.com/pii/S0307441299001429
• O'Reilly News
  Cynthia Gibas (April 17, 2001) "Computers + Biology = Bioinformatics"
  http://www.oreilly.com/news/bioinformatics_0401.html
• The Scientist
  Arielle Emmett, "The State of Bioinformatics" (Nov. 27, 2000)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2000/nov/emmett_p1_001127.html
  Eugene Russon, "Merging IT and Biology" (Nov. 27, 2000)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2000/nov/russo_p8_001127.html
  Douglas Steinberg "New PTO Unit Examines Bioinformatics Applications" (Nov 27, 2000)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2000/nov/steinberg_p8_001127.html
  Christopher M. Smith "Profile: Bioinformatics, Genomics. and Proteomics" (Nov 27, 2000)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2000/nov/profile_001127.html
  Karen Young Kreeger "Profession: Retooling for Bioinformatics" (Nov 27, 2000)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2000/nov/prof_001127.html
  Arielle Emmett, "News: Wanted: Applicants for NIGMS Grants: Lack of computational brainpower presents enigma" (Jan 8, 2001)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/jan/emmett_p1_010108.html
  Paula Park, "Training for the Bioinformatics Boom" (Oct. 15, 2001)
  http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/oct/prof_011015.html
• Nature Biotechnology
  Randy J. Zauhar "University bioinformatics programs on the rise" (Mar. 2001 19: 285 - 286)
  http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nbt/journal/v19/n3/full/nbt0301_285.html
• BioOnline
  Robert M. Frederickson, "An Introduction to Bioinformatics" (March 9, 2001)
  http://www.bio.com/newsfeatures/newsfeatures_features.jhtml?action=view&contentItem=60086&Page=1
• Nature Review of Genetics
  JB Hagen, "The origins of bioinformatics". (2000) Nat Rev Genet. 1: 231-6.
  
• Computers & Chemistry
  Attwood TK, Miller CJ. (2001) "Which craft is best in bioinformatics?" Comput Chem 25: 329-39.
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/
• Trends in Biotechnology
  Butte AJ. (2001) "Challenges in bioinformatics: infrastructure, models and analytics." Trends Biotechnol; 19: 159-60.
  
• Trends in Genetics
  Gardiner K. (2001) "Bioinformatics for biologists" Trends Genet; 17: 736-7.
  
• Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics
  
• Science
  Roos DS. (2001) "Bioinformatics--trying to swim in a sea of data." Science. 291: 1260-1.
  http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/291/5507/1260
  Attwood, T. (2000) "The Babel of Bioinformatics" Science. 290: 471-472.
  http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/290/5491/471
  Gywne, Peter (2001) "Hot Careers - Beyond Biology's Bounds"
  http://recruit.sciencemag.org/feature/advice/hotcareers.shl
  (advertising supplement to Nov. 2, 2001 Science)
• The Biochemist
  Andy Brass "Careers in bioinformatics: life after graduate qualification?" October, 2000.
  http://www.portlandpress.com/biochemist/cyber/0010/default.htm
• Bioessays
  John F. Allen "Bioinformatics and discovery: induction beckons again" (21 Dec. 01).
  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext?ID=76505031&PLACEBO=IE.pdf