Sixth Bioinformatics Open Source Conference

Shipud writes "The sixth Bioinformatics Open Source Conference will take place this June in Detroit, MI. Open source licensed software has proven to be the most popular and useful for bioinformatics research. This includes the EMBOSS suite for sequence analysis, the Biopython; Bioperl, and Biojava collaborativelty constructed toolboxes; the ubiquitous RasMol and PyMol molecular visualization tools, and more, much more. Here is one opinion as to why open source and collaborative development have been such a raging success even at big pharma, despite the apparent IP hurdles."

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Bioinformatics.org

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Many of these open-source projects are hosted at bioinformatics.org. The site also contains great information in the FAQ such as definitions of bioinformatics, colleges and universities that offer programs, both undergraduate and graduate level, in bioinformatics, and discussion of skills required or suggested for the area of study.