What is a Bioinformatician?

[Dr S N Ojha]

In response to Mr Lou and Dr Phair:
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May be I can help Mr Lou, because his and mine requirements are almost
complimentary. Please wriet the details of your requirements.

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> : Bob Phair (rphair at ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> : Bioinformatics is a young discipline. As such it will be defined by the
> : published work of those who choose to describe themselves as working in
> : this field. There are several graduate programs in bioinformatics that
> : include substantial dynamics, simulation, systems theory components.
> 
> : Some of us have been working in bioinformatics and computational biology
> : for decades without ever having called it that.
> 
> : You will live to see simulation and modeling become mainstream
> : biological tools.
> 
> : Good luck.
> : Regards,
> : Bob
> 
> : --
> : Robert D. Phair, Ph.D.  rphair at ix.netcom.com
> : BioInformatics Services  http://www.webcom.com/rphair
> : Partnering and Outsourcing for Computational Biology
> 
> Very good information. I have been in variour life science related areas (BS in
> Biology, MS in Physiology & Biochemistry, PhD in Behaviour), and are very keen
> on computer work, especially on the computer applications to Biology-related 
> areas. This is because I feel I should be able to work on something I have 
> real interest, while using my broadly trained skills or education.
> 
> But how and where to get into this BioInformatics bussiness? I went to our 
> Compuetr Dept. for possible courses work towards such a job, and was tolled 
> that they had not heard about it. I will be greatly appreciating if you can 
> point out a road for a wonderer.
> 
> Zhensheng Lou
> University of Saskatchewan
> Saskatoon, S.K.
> Canada S7H 5N9
> Tel: (306)373-9922
> Fax: (306)955-2510
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