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Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia

Bioinformatics can be defined as a fusion of computational and biological sciences. The urgency to process and analyse the deluge of data created by proteomics and genomics studies has caused bioinformatics to gain prominence and importance. However, its multidisciplinary nature has created a unique...

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Main Authors: Shamsir, Mohd. Shahir, Hussein, Huszalina, Mohd. Hashim, Siti Zaiton, Salim, Naomie
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2018/1/Educating_the_educators.pdf
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spelling my.utm.20182017-09-07T04:26:15Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2018/ Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia Shamsir, Mohd. Shahir Hussein, Huszalina Mohd. Hashim, Siti Zaiton Salim, Naomie Bioinformatics can be defined as a fusion of computational and biological sciences. The urgency to process and analyse the deluge of data created by proteomics and genomics studies has caused bioinformatics to gain prominence and importance. However, its multidisciplinary nature has created a unique demand for specialist trained in both biology and computing. In this review, we described the components that constitute the bioinformatics field and distinctive education criteria that are required to produce individuals with bioinformatics training. This paper will also provide an introduction and overview of bioinformatics in Malaysia. The existing bioinformatics scenario in Malaysia was surveyed to gauge its advancement and to plan for future bioinformatics education strategies. For comparison, we surveyed methods and strategies used in education by other countries so that lessons can be learnt to further improve the implementation of bioinformatics in Malaysia. It is believed that accurate and sufficient steerage from the academia and industry will enable Malaysia to produce quality bioinformaticians in the future. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2018/1/Educating_the_educators.pdf Shamsir, Mohd. Shahir and Hussein, Huszalina and Mohd. Hashim, Siti Zaiton and Salim, Naomie (2012) Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia. In: Persidangan Biologi Kebangsaan.
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description Bioinformatics can be defined as a fusion of computational and biological sciences. The urgency to process and analyse the deluge of data created by proteomics and genomics studies has caused bioinformatics to gain prominence and importance. However, its multidisciplinary nature has created a unique demand for specialist trained in both biology and computing. In this review, we described the components that constitute the bioinformatics field and distinctive education criteria that are required to produce individuals with bioinformatics training. This paper will also provide an introduction and overview of bioinformatics in Malaysia. The existing bioinformatics scenario in Malaysia was surveyed to gauge its advancement and to plan for future bioinformatics education strategies. For comparison, we surveyed methods and strategies used in education by other countries so that lessons can be learnt to further improve the implementation of bioinformatics in Malaysia. It is believed that accurate and sufficient steerage from the academia and industry will enable Malaysia to produce quality bioinformaticians in the future.
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author Shamsir, Mohd. Shahir
Hussein, Huszalina
Mohd. Hashim, Siti Zaiton
Salim, Naomie
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Hussein, Huszalina
Mohd. Hashim, Siti Zaiton
Salim, Naomie
Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia
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Hussein, Huszalina
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Salim, Naomie
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title Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia
title_short Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia
title_full Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia
title_fullStr Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Educating the educators: Incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in Malaysia
title_sort educating the educators: incorporating bioinformatics into biological science education in malaysia
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