About this work

This presentation was given as part of a talk series put on by the NUS Student Chapter of the ACM on August 30th, 2012.

Synopsis/promotional tagline

An introduction to bioinformatics- an expanding field focused on solving biological problems through applications of computer science. The talk includes a survey of common procedures, algorithms, and tools used in this fast-growing field.

Downloading the presentation

1. Download the PDF copy from the Downloads page.

2. Clone the git repository and render your own

   $ git clone https://github.com/DavidCain/bionf-talk.git

Extra-slide demonstrations

• A clustalx alignment was performed on the sequences within H1N1_seqs.fasta as part of an exploration of sequences.
• The PyMOL sessions alpha.pse and beta.pse were used when discussing secondary structures
• The PyMOL session 1ktr.pse demonstrates docking software's predictive capabilities on real-world data.

Modifying/distributing this presentation

The source of the slide show, slides.md is written in an extension of Markdown, Pandoc's markdown. That is, it has some features not within the standard implementation of Markdown as well as some HTML and Latex constructs.

To render the presentation in the style of the provided PDF, one should install Pandoc, and run the following:

$ pandoc -t beamer -V theme:Warsaw -s slides.md -o pres.pdf

Myriad other output formats are available. For more information, see the Pandoc README.

License

The content of this presentation is released under the GPL, v.3. The images used within are governed by the terms of their respective licenses, which may not be compatible with the GPL. See the LICENSE file for details.