Introduction to Bioinformatics - COIN81
COIN 81 Week Two
Use the links to files and websites below to gain an overview of NCBI, and access the various parts of the bioinformatics portal. Since its inception in 1988, the NCBI portal has constanlty been updated with new data, bioinformatics tools, and interlinked databases. The list of links below is intended to get you started - there's plenty to see, and be sure to have a focus for yoru search - like a favorite gene, protein, disease, or even a whole genome to explore. Everything in NCBI is integrated.
Introduction to NCBI (PPT) - Overview of the various databases, with screen shots of the pages you'll navigate
NCBI - NCBI home page, your point of entry to the NCBI portal
NCBI Science Primer - read this first to understand the science foundation to NCBI's genetic databases and resources
About NCBI - Find out about what NCBI is, what it does, and how it works for scientists in biotechnology, bioinformatics, and medicine.
NCBI mission - The mission of NCBI, since 1988, to support biotechnology and develop bioinformatics tools and databases.
NCBI resources guide - a graphical and textual representation of all of NCBI's databases.
My NCBI QUick Tour - a quick introduction to customizing NCBI to meet your individual research needs.
NCBI BLAST - the heart of NCBI's genome searching tool, where biotechnicians search for similar sequences.
NCBI UniGene - explore a 'gene centric' view of bioinformatics across a range of varied species.
NCBI Gene - if you are looking for all the attributes and database connections, with your gene as a 'locus', this is the place to start. This replaced the LocusLink feature within NCBI a few years ago.
NCBI SNP - database (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms). This is a very tricky database to search
Entrez browser - a method to explore and search NCBI with, or without, a particular keyword or locus.
Retrovirus resources - a collection of outstanding resources for people working in retroviral research.
Human genome resources - a rich collection of genomic and annotated sequence data
Gene Expression Omnibus - the start of what will be the most complex data at NCBI - gene expression, and the multitude of molecualr and variant data whic can be cataloged by association and searched
NCBI site map - when all else fails, try the NCBI sitemap to see where your database might be. A very good complement to teh search tool, and especially for begineers who need to quickly get 'a lay of the land'.