Bioinformatics by Jeremy Ramsden

Bioinformatics by Jeremy Ramsden

Overview and aims. This book is intended as a self-contained guide to the entire ?eld of bioinformatics, interpreted as the application of information science to - ology. There is strong underlying belief that information is a profound concept underlying biology, and familiarity with the concepts of information should make it possible to gain many important new insights into biology. In other words, the vision underpinning this book goes beyond the narrow interpretation of bioinf- matics sometimes encountered, which may con'ne itself to speci'c tasks such as the attempted identi'cation of genes in a DNA sequence. Organization and features. The chapters are grouped into three parts, cov- ing the relevant fundamentals of information science, overviewing all of biology, and surveying applications. Thus Part I (fundamentals) carefully explains what - formation is, and discusses attributes such as value and quality, and its multiple signi'cations of accuracy, meaning, and effect. The transmission of information through channels is described. Brief summaries of the necessary elements of set theory, combinatorics, probability, likelihood, clustering, and pattern recognition are given. Conceptssuch as randomness, complexity, systems and networks, needed fortheunderstandingofbiologicalorganization, arealso discussed. PartII(biology) covers both organismal (ontogeny and phylogeny, as well as genome structure) and molecular aspects. Part III (applications) is devoted to the most important prac- cal applications of bioinformatics, notably gene identi'cation, transcriptomics, p- teomics, interactomics (dealing with networks of interactions), and metabolomics.

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This book is a self-contained guide to bioinformatics that targets undergraduates interested in this fieldBioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that involves computer science, engineering, biology, and medicine. This book covers the basics of these areas, so readers will acquaint themselves with the fundamental building blocks of bioinformatics. … In short, this book is a wonderful text for entry-level students." (Hsun-Hsien Chang, ACM Computing Reviews, June, 2009)

“In the textbook under review, the author interprets the scientific field of bioinformatics in a broad manner … . The range of topics covered by the book is impressive and these topics are structured very well by the author, giving the reader a good overview of the field and showing how the different concepts are related. … The target audience of advanced undergraduate and graduate students will find this book useful … to ‘find out what is out there’ in the field of bioinformatics.” (Till Tantau, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 b)

JEREMY RAMSDEN is Professor of Nanotechnology at Cranfield University, and Director of Research at Cranfield University at Kitakyushu, prior to which he was private Professor for Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Basel. Previous books include The New World Order (1991) and Bioinformatics: an Introduction (2004). He has published about 150 research articles, and is Editor-in-Chief of Nanotechnology Perceptions
ANDREW KAKABADSE is Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield School of Management, and the H. Smith Richardson Fellow at CCL, North Carolina, USA. His research covers boards, top teams and the governance of governments. He has published 26 books, 169 articles and 16 monographs, and is co-editor of the Journal of Management Development and Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in Society.
SHUHEI AIDA is Chairman and CEO of the Human Media Foundation in Japan, professor emeritus at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Director-General of Cranfield University Japan Centre and visiting Professor at Cranfield University. He has published about 150 research papers and 30 books in the fields of system engineering, information technology and global environmental issues, and has received the Mainichi Cultural and Publishing Award.

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ISBN 13	9781849967648
ISBN 10	1849967644
Title	Bioinformatics
Author	Jeremy Ramsden
Series	Computational Biology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer London Ltd
Year published	2010-10-22
Number of pages	272
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