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I'm a recent Biology undergrad. Do you have any advice for learning Comp Bio/Bioinformatics? Can it be self-taught, or does one need a PhD?
by LeicesterCity 10y ago
I'm a recent Biology undergrad. Do you have any advice for learning Comp Bio/Bioinformatics? Can it be self-taught, or does one need a PhD?
- eru 10y agoThe programming part can definitely be self-taught, that's basically how virtually everybody actually goes about learning programming successfully. You already know some biology, so you can probably say more about that side of the equation.
- sn9 10y agoIt can definitely be self-taught! A promising path would be to self-teach as much as possible and then apply for an MS program in bioinformatics or something similar. Apart from the usual advice for teaching yourself programming, you can practice bioinformatic-specific skills at the wonderful Rosalind Project [0]. [0] http://rosalind.info/about/ http://rosalind.info/about/