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Understand

February 20, 2013 | Issue 26

Laying bare our genetic blueprint

What does the majority of our DNA do? Hundreds of scientists have spent years examining these ‘junk’ sequences, which may hold the key to serious diseases – and much more.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology
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Teach

December 7, 2010 | Issue 17

Bioinformatics with pen and paper: building a phylogenetic tree

Bioinformatics is usually done with a powerful computer. With help from Cleopatra Kozlowski, however, you can investigate our primate ancestry – armed with nothing but a pen and paper.

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Topics: Biology
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Inspire

September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Nicky Mulder, bioinformatician

Have you ever wondered what bioinformatics is? Or what a bioinformatician does? Sai Pathmanathan and Eleanor Hayes talk to Nicky Mulder, a bioinformatician at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK.

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Topics: Profiles
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