Design and implementation of an interdepartmental bioinformatics program across life science curricula

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Miskowski, Jennifer A ^a   Howard, David R ^a   Abler, Michael L ^a   Grunwald, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Curriculum design; Genomics; Multidepartmental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURRICULUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 33947258940     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.12     Document Type: Article

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