Bioinformatics Training

We provide bioinformatics training in the Perl programming language
for biologists with or without previous programming experience.
Perl is the most popular programming language in biology.

The courses enable you to write useful programs
to advance your biology research, and give a solid foundation
on which to build bioinformatics programming expertise.

Course Materials

James Tisdall is the author of a two-volume course on Perl for Bioinformatics.
The books are available from O'Reilly & Associates and many other booksellers.

Click on the covers or follow the other links for more detailed information
such as reviews, sample chapters, tables of contents, and answers to exercises.

Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
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O'Reilly & Associates
Barnes&Noble
amazon.com
 Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
see larger cover
O'Reilly & Associates
Barnes&Noble
amazon.com

These books have been used at leading universities:

  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Stanford
  • Harvard Medical School
  • MIT
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of Michigan Medical School
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Oxford University
and many more institutions. Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics has been translated into French, German, Japanese, and Korean.

Bioinformatics Training

Course Descriptions

Training courses are available for one to five days, and are tailored to the needs of your institution. Students receive copies of the two books and printed class notes. The course alternates between lectures and hands-on exercises; if classroom computers are not available for in-class programming, the exercises are introduced during class.

Bioinformatics programming takes considerable experience to master, but you can start applying your skills in the lab very quickly. The students in a one-day class get a useful introduction to Perl programming for bioinformatics. Students in a five-day class master beginning level programming, and get a solid introduction to more advanced topics.

James Tisdall has delivered courses at:

  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboaratory
  • ISMB (Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology)
  • Dupont Genetics Research
  • Drexel University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Mercator Genetics
  • The Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • O'Reilly Bioinformatics Conferences

Contact Biocomputing Associates: 

Biocomputing Associates
205 East Highland Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19118
USA

telephone (215) 242-1492