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European Conference on Computational Biology 2002 : in conjunction with the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB 2002) : poster abstracts / Thomas Lengauer, Hans-Peter Lenhof, Ruth Christmann (editors).

Digital code of life : how bioinformatics is revolutionizing science, medicine, and business / Glyn Moody.

"1000 Handshakes" is a performance piece during which the artist shakes hands with as many people as possible, gradually changing the invisible microbial community in the palm of his hand. Periodically, assistants take a swab from the skin, and the samples are analyzed in the lab to reveal how our contact with others shapes the microbes between us. This ongoing project has been performed in different cities around the world (including Copenhagen, Montreal, San Francisco, Perth, Berlin and Baltimore) as a way to map our collective microbiome using scientific data.



Production of the 'microbiome selfies' involved many different steps. Following the collection of the microbiome samples, bacterial DNA was extracted, amplified and sequenced to create the bioinformatic data shown in this series. The nodes of the networks represent bacterial DNA sequences, and two nodes are connected by an edge (line) when the bacterial DNA sequences have more than 95% similarity. The different colours correspond to distinct samples collected at every 50th handshake, from 0 to 1001. 



This image corresponds to the 12th image in this 21-part series, showing the extensive microbiome resulting from 550 handshakes.

<p>The storage, processing, description, transmission, connection, and analysis of the waves of new genomic data have made bioinformatics skills essential for scientists working with DNA sequences. In Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis, experts in the field provide practical guidance and troubleshooting advice for the computational analysis of DNA sequences, covering a range of issues and methods that unveil the multitude of applications and the vital relevance that the use of bioinformatics has today. Individual book chapters explore the use of specific bioinformatic tools, accompanied by practical examples, a discussion on the interpretation of results, and specific comments on strengths and limitations of the methods and tools. As a part of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, this work provides the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results. Focused and cutting-edge, Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis serves molecular biologists, geneticists, and biochemists as an enriched task-oriented manual, offering step-by-step guidance for the analysis of DNA sequences in a simple but meaningful fashion.</p>

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Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis / edited by David Posada.

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European Conference on Computational Biology 2002 : in conjunction with the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB 2002) : poster abstracts / Thomas Lengauer, Hans-Peter Lenhof, Ruth Christmann (editors).

Digital code of life : how bioinformatics is revolutionizing science, medicine, and business / Glyn Moody.

Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment

Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis / edited by David Posada.

Bioinformatics Methods in Clinical Research / edited by Rune Matthiesen.

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European Conference on Computational Biology 2002 : in conjunction with the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB 2002) : poster abstracts / Thomas Lengauer, Hans-Peter Lenhof, Ruth Christmann (editors).

Digital code of life : how bioinformatics is revolutionizing science, medicine, and business / Glyn Moody.

Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment

Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis / edited by David Posada.

Bioinformatics Methods in Clinical Research / edited by Rune Matthiesen.

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