Forum:Useful Resource To Self-Study Bioinformatics

Question

[Hranjeev]

The below paper outlines a very comprehensive plan for studying bioinformatics especially in self-study or as class supplement. Several suggestions has been made on the tracks that one can follow to pursue on your own course. Have a look here.

Searls DB (2012) An Online Bioinformatics Curriculum. PLoS Comput Biol 8(9): e1002632. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002632

[JC]

I edited the link, the original URL was pointing a Figure in the paper.

[Zev.Kronenberg]

Perhaps this post would be better under: Tips?

[Hranjeev]

Thanks for your suggestion. I have changed it.

Answer 1

[Philipp Bayer]

Here's another neat resource if you need problems to test your bioinformatics-related programming: http://rosalind.info/problems/as-table/

Some of these problems are tasks that you usually face at work, some are quite advanced and not usually tackled in day-to-day-work, but can teach you a lot about the underlying mechanisms of tools bioinformaticians usually use.