You can get into bioinformatics without a background in biology, but you'll need some math. Assuming you have basic calculus & some statistics, I'd recommend lo

You can get into bioinformatics without a background in biology, but you'll need some math. Assuming you have basic calculus & some statistics, I'd recommend looking at the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago's online certificate in bioinformatics (http://proteomics.bioengr.uic.edu/online/ http://proteomics.bioengr.uic.edu/online/). You take an intro course and then choose two more from among computational genomics, molecular modeling and biostatistics. It's a great program. They also have a masters of engineering degree with a bioinformatics specialization, again completely online. If you're looking for something more immediate, get a hold of a couple books and familiarize yourself with the basics. Mount's Bioinformatics is great, and it's the text for the intro class at UIC. Other good ones are Bioinformatics Algorithms, Python for Bioinformatics, and the O'Reilly books on Perl for Bioinformatics. Finally, hook up with a bio professor who needs some tech help and volunteer. You'll learn a ton.