Starting next fall, students at Texas A&M will be able to enroll in a new major in the College of Arts and Sciences: a bachelor of science in bioinformatics. Directed by associate professor Yuchao ...

The discipline of bioinformatics integrates biology and computer science to improve our understanding of complex biological systems. Bioinformatic analysis describes the processing of biological data ...

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Amogh Ananda Rao wanted to make a lasting difference through research, but as a physician, he didn’t feel he had the skills he needed to properly conduct the research that he felt would help him ...

The research community is inundated with data, particularly data that involves genes, proteins and small molecules. Today, data is measured in petabytes, one of which is equal to 1,000 terabytes. One ...

Genevieve Carlton holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and earned tenure at the University of Louisville. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in higher education, Genevieve ...