生物信息学-浙江大学生命科学学院.ppt

10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 2. Good teamwork skills. Bioinformatics is not for lone rangers. Researchers can sometimes work independently, but bioinformatics is about information and communication. You will be working on a team with people who have diverse backgrounds and differing areas of expertise. Good teamwork skills are essential. 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 3. The ability to multitask. You will need to be able to handle several complex tasks at a time. This can be a high pressure job with deadlines that have to be met. The ability to multitask will help you manage your job with less stress.? 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 4. Flexibility. You may be moved from one project to another as your skills are needed. You may have to put aside a project you are working on to help someone with an urgent request. You may need to stop what you are doing and explain a computer model to a scientist. Flexibility is a key skill to have in bioinformatics.? 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 5. A working knowledge of biology and its applications. You don’t have to be an expert in biology, but you do need to know what kind of information you are working with. It is especially useful to know about molecular biology and genetics and to understand recent genetic research.? 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 6. Proficiency in computer languages. You need to know basic programming languages like JAVA and HTML, SQL and PERL. Most bioinformatics programming utilizes PERL. 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 7. Skill in data mining. Being able to extract data from multiple resources is invaluable.? 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 8. Good data visualization skills. You’ll need to be able to take complex data and interpret it into models and other ways that make it understandable for biologists and other team members.? 10 Useful Bioinformatics Skills to Have 9. Experience with bioinformatics tools, such as Blast, BLAT, sequence analys