Building Bioinformatics Solutions

About the Book

• The Book
• The Authors
• Errata & Updates
• Example Files
• Bibliography

Links

• Applied Bioinformatics MSc
• Cranfield Bioinformatics Group
• Oxford University Press

Bibliography

Here we list reading materials that are recommended in the book, as well as things we’ve grown fond of since the book went to press. If you are interested in any of these books, we have placed some handy links to Amazon in the UK and the US (represented by the flags) next to each book.

General

Introduction to Bioinformatics. A. M. Lesk, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Databases

Learning MySQL. S. M. M. Tahaghoghi, H. E. Williams, O’Reilly, 2006.

Database Solutions: A Step-by-Step Approach to Building Databases. Connolly, T. and Begg, C. Addison Wesley, 2003.

MySQL Cookbook. P. DuBois, O’Reilly, 2006.

Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design. M. Hernandez, Addison Wesley, 2003.

Development of a Database with Web-Based User Interface for TaqMan Assay Design. Simecek, N., Cranfield University MSc Thesis, 2007.

Beginning MySQL Database Design and Optimization: From Novice to Professional. J. Stephens, C. Russell, Apress, 2004.

Perl Programming & Web Stuff

Programming Perl. L. Wall, T. Christiansen & J. Orwant, O’Reilly, 2000.

Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics. J. Tisdall, O’Reilly, 2001.

Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics. J. Tisdall, O’Reilly, 2003.

Software Engineering

Test-Driven Development by Example. K. Beck, Addison-Wesley, 2003.

The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction. P. Krutchen, Addison Wesley, 2003.

Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns and Practices. R. C. Martin, Prentice Hall, 2002.

Software Engineering. I. Sommerville, Addison Wesley, 2006.

Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion. M. Mason, The Pragmatic Programmers, 2006.

Pragmatic Version Control Using Git. T. Swicegood, The Pragmatic Programmers, 2008.

Numerical Data Analysis

Applied Chemometrics for Scientists. R. G. Brereton, Wiley, 2007.

Chemometrics: Statistics and Computer Application in Analytical Chemistry. M. Otto, Wiley, 2007.

Neural Network Design, PWS, H. B. Demuth, M. H. Beale & M. T. Hagan, 1995.

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor, Springer-Verlag, R. Gentleman, V. P. Carey, W. Huber & R. A. Irizarry, 2005.