Introduction to the seminar series

G Vriend

Goals

• Illustrate a series of bioinformatics areas in which chemists, mathematicians, and physicists can constructively contribute (and find jobs…)

• Explain the very generally applicable concept: Force Field

Bioinformatics is everywhere

Metagenomics related differences

The human genome

Your future in bioinformatics

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