title: Two interactive Bioinformatics courses at the Bielefeld University Bioinformatics Server.
abstract: Conferences in computational biology continue to provide tutorials on classical and new methods in the field. This can be taken as an indicator that education is still a bottleneck in our field's process of becoming an established scientific discipline. Bielefeld University has been one of the early providers of bioinformatics education, both locally and via the internet. The Bielefeld Bioinformatics Server (BiBiServ) offers a variety of older and new materials. Here, we report on two online courses made available recently, one introductory and one on the advanced level: (i) SADR: Sequence Analysis with Distributed Resources (http://bibiserv.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/sadr/) and (ii) ADP: Algebraic Dynamic Programming in Bioinformatics (http://bibiserv.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/dpcourse/).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany. asczyrba@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sczyrba
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konermann
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giegerich
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000193:education*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000458:organization & administration*; D023281:Genomics / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D020407:Internet; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface