Broader incorporation of bioinformatics in education: Opportunities and challenges

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 537-543

  Cummings, Michael P ^a   Temple, Glena G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VITERBO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Computational biology; Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 78649360407     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbq058     Document Type: Article

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