BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Resources and Links
Spring 2009 

Essential Resources

Other Useful Resources

  • Abbreviations
    List of nucleotide, amino acid abbreviations, and genetic code
  • Bioinformatics resources on web
    Annotated list of web-based programs for analyzing DNA and protein sequences
  • Chi-squared calculator (courtesy of John Walker, Fourmilab)
    Chi-square test probability calculator
  • Chi-squared table (courtesy of Alexei Sharov, Virginia Tech)
    Interpret Chi-square values for a given level of significance
  • GeneMark
    Predict open reading frames in DNA sequences
  • Genetic code
    Useful on line reference to recall code, types of amino acids, and their abbreviations
  • ICTVdB
    International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses Database: Descriptions of taxa, pictures
  • NCBI
    National Center for Biotechnology Information: Home of Blast, Entrez, much else
  • t-test calculator (courtesy of GraphPad)
    You provide either raw data or (mean, standard deviation, number of samples), it returns the t-test score and the probability of score arising if both samples were taken from the same population.
  • t-test probability calculator (courtesy of Daniel Soper)
    You provide score from t-test and degrees of freedom, it returns probability of score arising if both samples were taken from the same population.
  • VCU Library
    Apart from its many other merits, the library enables you to reach electronic journal articles that would otherwise be restricted.

Research Opportunities (Summer 2009 and perhaps beyond)