Two interactive Bioinformatics courses at the Bielefeld University Bioinformatics Server

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Sczyrba, Alexander ^a   Konermann, Susanne ^a   Giegerich, Robert ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics education; Dynamic programming; Online courses; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ONLINE SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; GENOMICS; GERMANY; INTERNET; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 43149094864     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbm063     Document Type: Article

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