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Biology Workbench

Link: http://peptide.ncsa.uiuc.edu

The Biology Workbench is widely recognized as a significant bioinformatics resource that provides a suite of interactive tools which draw on a host of biology databases and allows people to compare molecular sequences using high performance computing facilities, visualize and manipulate molecular structures, and generate phylogenetic hypotheses. The Biology Student Workbench brings the advanced computational infrastructure used by today\'s scientists to any student desktop machine with a web browser to provide a rich environment for student inquiry. This project promotes the use of molecular data in the identification and exploration of biological problems with an evolutionary perspective throughout undergraduate and K-12 biology curricula. Instructors and students have access to the same powerful state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools used by the research community through a cognitively supportive environment. Students investigate current problems in biology using molecular biology tools and skills. The Biology Student Workbench benefits: * citizens interested in the basic concepts and significance of bioinformatics * biology instructors looking for bioinformatics exercises for teaching at home or at school on any computer with Internet access * students interested in independent explorations in bioinformatics * experimental or field biologists introducing bioinformatics tools in their experimental or observational work * researchers introducing laboratory workers to the use of bioinformatics toolsRelation:Contact:Deanna Raineri, [email protected], Umesh Thakkar, [email protected], Brent Palmer, [email protected]

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• Educational Type: Research study
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