BIRCH: The Instructor's View

The biggest limitation in bioinformatics today is not software, or hardware, or platforms. It is people.

Consistent platform that can be used across an entire curriculum
Topic-oriented tutorials with lots of screen shots, sample data and output

examples - BIRCH tutorial web pages

Same platform can be used for both teaching and research
All programs freely-available, commonly found in other institutions
mini-BIRCH: teaching administration of bioinformatics facilities

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~frist/Seminars/pag13/pag13.html

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