Biocomputing in a Nutshell http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/bcd/ForAll/Basics/welcome.html NRC: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/10497.pdf What is Bioinformatics? http://www.massey.ac.nz/~ppgardne/bioinformatics/Bioinformatics_Definitions.htm Open Bioinformatics Foundation http://www.open-bio.org/ University of British...

Bioinformatics.Org is a nonprofit academic organization that is committed to promoting the free exchange of biological information. This Web sitecurrently hosts 48 research projects, along with free software and news. The Frequently Asked Questions section provides an overview of the field of bioinformatics, other resources, and career information. Even though free, registration is required to...

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) is a non-profit group "dedicated to improving our understanding of the function of biological systems through the study of the 3-D structure of biological macromolecules." The goal of RCSB is to provide free public resources and publications to further the fields of bioinformatics and biology. RCSB members include the Department of...

For students studying genetics and biology, this very nice bioinformatics tutorial from Bates College will be most useful. Created by staff members in the chemistry and biology departments, the tutorial is designed to help students learn about how to compare the molecular structures of different enzymes and also how to use online DNA and protein sequence databases. The tutorial contains...