Bioinformatics and Microsoft .Net

".... bioinformatics is a field of research that has undergone a rapid explosion in terms of the numbers of tools and techniques that it has produced. While much of this progress can be attributed to the adaptability and flexibility of open source technologies such as Linux and Perl, it is important for bioinformatics professionals to consider that disseminating their bioinformatics tools to users can be as critical to scientific progress as developing new tools. A key way to facilitate the widespread dissemination of bioinformatics applications to biologists will likely be the development of an open sourced .NET class library to serve as framework for Windows-based bioinformatics applications...."

http://au.sys-con.com/read/143264.htm

Suresh Behera

2 Comments

  • Better to stick with biotechnology and specialize plants genetic engineering. biotech have good prospectus right now and a lot of research to be done.

    whereas bioinformatics is a good subject to help forensic investigations and security purpose. A technologist (bioinformatist) is required to develop devices such as finger print scanner, body ultrasonic scanner and detecter etc. along with computational algorithms.



  • Most people in Bioinformatics come from IT background, like me but I am finding it really hard to learn about biology since I had no biology background so I think people having bio background can be very successful if they learn IT and programming logics.
    Secondly java, perl and python are favorite choice for bioinformatics but I too exploring to use .Net, I don't know yet if this is a right decision or not but I am reluctant about learning new languages.

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