Dr. Martti: List of published books

This invaluable book provides step-by-step guides to complex topics that make it easy for readers to perform essential analyses from raw sequenced data to answering important biological questions. It is an excellent hands-on material for teachers who conduct courses in bioinformatics and as a reference material for professionals. The chapters are written to be standalone recipes making it suitable for readers who wish to self-learn selected topics. Readers will gain skills necessary to work on sequenced data from NGS platforms and hence making themselves more attractive to employers who need skilled bioinformaticians to handle the deluge of data.

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The articles are also classified by type, as Introductory Reviews for people new to a subject, Specialist Reviews that provide in-depth coverage for those with more experience, Short Specialist reviews that address cutting-edge topics in current research, and Basic Techniques essays or Tutorials. These may be accessed via the Browse by Subjects button.

The focus is on studies based on the human and mouse genomes, but other important model eukaryotes, as well as pathogenic bacteria, are given in-depth coverage. With articles written by established leaders in the field as well as by rising stars, this work will be an essential reference tool for all members of genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and bioinformatics teams, from students, to post-docs, to senior scientists, and a 'must have' for university and research institute libraries. It will also provide a valuable resource for pharmaceutical and biotech companies that have an interest in this important and rapidly developing field.

For readers approaching new fields, there is a comprehensive Glossary available that explains over 500 terms in a clear and concise way.

You can also buy this Major Reference Work in print format.

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It is the order of these letters (bases) that codes for the important genetic information of an organism. DNA can be thought of as the language of life, the four letters in an arrangement of words, each word consisting of three letters, codons, that code for amino acids. The codons or words are arranged in sentences that code for specific proteins. The language of DNA dictates which proteins are made, as well as when and how much. In the early days the determination of the nucleotide sequence was a strenuous task and computer programs were implemented to aid in the sequencing process. These, and in continuation attempts to decipher the language of DNA were the seeds that led to the development of the field of bioinformatics. Today vast amounts of data are available for analysis in various databases around the world. The rapid development of bioinformatics was due to the fast development of computer hardware and the need of large genome projects to store, organize and analyze increasing amounts of data. Genome projects were in turn facilitated by the development of improved bioinformatics tools.

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