Bioinformatics education dissemination with an evolutionary problemsolving perspective

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 570-581

  Jungck, John R ^a   Donovan, Samuel S ^b   Weisstein, Anton E ^c   Khiripet, Noppadon ^d   Everse, Stephen J ^e  

^a Mathematical Biology Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Education; Evolution; Faculty development; Software tools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE; TEACHING;

EID: 78649399900     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbq028     Document Type: Article

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