Yo, Ikepuska. Don't worry, we're all oddballs here. Let's hope you have some strong opinions, right? Have a nice day!
Yo, Ikepuska. Don't worry, we're all oddballs here. Let's hope you have some strong opinions, right? Have a nice day!
Welcome.Originally Posted by Ikepuska
I was wondering what is " Bioinformatics" exactly?
He's going to create a cybernetic Frakenstein.
And I bet I'm terribly misinformed.
Anyway, welcome to the forums Ikepuska, you of the Russian-sounding name!
He or she? I can't tell.
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field, combining biology and information science. Included is stuff like ... computational techniques for biochemistry, statistical and mathematical models for protein folding, genetics, and so on and so forth.
It's pretty neat, but, at least here it's a pretty damned challenging program because of the different threads that you have to pull together, and because it's an emerging field.
(my university offers one bioinformatics class at the undergrad level, co-offered as biology, stat and computer science, all of them are senior-level ... I dropped the class after a week, because I couldn't cram advanced bio and stat into my brain fast enough to make sense of the coursework).
im deacon short for deaconfry im 18 and im a noob thank you
welcome deacon. punctuation is your friend, do not neglect him/her/it...
a welcome to all the other new guys as well. lurking is just not as fun. so go out there and post post post!
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Welcome to the Forums deacon.
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Thanks for the definition of Bioinformatics WD and Complich. It sounds really interesting. Lucky you Ikepuska!
Yo, deaconfry. Short and to the point, eh? Have a good time here
That's pretty much what it is, it's primary applications are in genetic engineering and analysis and prediction of allele interactions (In CS terms genes are variables, and and the alleles would be the specific values that the variable can have.)
As an example we know where the genes are but a) we don't know what all the alleles are or what they mean. So we don't always know what allele would produce what hair color though we know where that data is stored. b) more importantly we don't know how combinations of alleles work together, e.g. what the significance/side effects are of having black hair, and blue eyes, and pale skin, as opposed to having green eyes instead.
The alleles don't exist in total isolation they interact with each other, so analyzing what the concequences of a particular set of alleles are is extremely important, and very very difficult.
Forget trying to predict yet, we just aren't sophisticated enough in our understanding. My ultimate goal is to get a law degree and work at the international level for patents and ip for this discipline because it's badly in need of trained attorneys, and also because the long term potential of the field is frightening and it's gonna be with how patents are phrased and the legal profession as a whole where the lines are gonna be drawn. (For classic movie buffs I'm worried about Gattica)
Most schools treat it as a subset of the medical discipline, and require either molecular biology(or some variant) or CompSci with a heavy algorithm and analysis/modeling component for the undergraduate work. Yeah, my undergrad school offered exactly one CS based bioinformatics course, I think that the discipline cannot be taken as a degree program at the undergrad level anywhere.
Oh, and by the by I'm a he ^_^; although I suppose the avatar might be misleading. I just like Ah! Megami-sama a great deal, since it's one of the few romance based series I actually thoroughly enjoy. It feels like a nice healthy stable relationship, without the complications most series insist on adding.
I can't really stand all the conflicts, jealousy and/or inappropriate behavior of most, especially shojo. Inappropriate as being defined here as cheating, two-timing, falling for someone else while in a relationship without ending it, and the tendency for relationships between a minor and non-minors, if they have a genuine feeling, then they can damn well wait for the minor to grow up a bit, twenty at least, before becoming intimate. My absolute greatest dislike is if rape is involved, I loathe rape with a burning passion-My opinion is castration for the first offense-and the feelings of powerlessness and anger I get when it happens to characters just isn't worth it, especially when it warps them making them into a negative female character. ^_^; Well that's my little rant on what I dislike about shojo.
...PS: And here I just said I don't post much... heheAh well, and if this post was too long/too off topic I'll be glad to edit it. It's my major after all, and well I have strong opinions on the latter topic.(Oh and it's Albanian no relation to any Slavic language, especially since the e should have an umlaut)
Last edited by Ikepuska; Fri, 11-10-2006 at 03:49 PM.
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Introducing BobDawg
Hello, my nickname is BobDawg, I am 19 years old, and currently attending DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA for a degree in Real Time Interactive Simulation, a Computer Science degree with an emphasis on Game Design. I enjoy playing Gears of War, Tony Hawk Project 8, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Project Gotham the Series. My Xbox Live Gamertag is "BobDawg" go figure.
I enjoy the following anime series:
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Hey welcome BobDawg you are same age as meI play Gears of War too right now maybe we could play sometime and my GT is : elusive36 but have been busy. Nice school your going to looks good, man I am getting a Computer Science degree too but its just a normal one with no emphasis on game designs. I want to do game designs too but couldn't find a school like yours where there is also emphasis on it
DigiPen? I heard of that one...Make some great games when you get older, k? Nice to have you here!
Welcome to the boards, BobDawg! Nice choice of games (Twilight Princess is eating my mind right now, too) and ever sweeter avatar. Yay for 8-bit Link!
Anyway, welcome again and be sure to post =P
Welcome to forums BobDawg
Ash"Now listen up, you primitive screwheads. This... is my BOOMstick"
What I don't understand is why you had to make your post in a different font and color?
BobDawg
It just seems to me a little unneeded, but great intro non-the-same
image fail!
Best intro award to you!
Welcome bro, hope to be fring my brain with games as well. And perhaps you'll create some mind numbing game later on for me to try out.
AnywayZ....well....Welcome~!~
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It's about time you joined the forums.
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