From owner-comp-bio@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sat Mar 31 02:22:53 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A8D17AD0 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:22:51 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBD317AB6 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:22:49 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6023) id BA38617AAA; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:22:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C2617AD4 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:00:50 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id 7F89917A5F; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:00:46 +0100 (BST) To: bionet-biology-computational@net.bio.net From: curiouser@ccmb.ap.nic.in ("Malay") Newsgroups: bionet.biology.computational Subject: Autodidact wants help Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Message-ID: <007f01c0b910$727bb8a0$7b02a8c0@nic.in> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F0817B40 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:00:44 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from ccmb.ap.nic.in (ccmb.ap.nic.in [164.100.240.122]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A2E17AC8 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:00:24 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from w108a.nic.in ([164.100.240.123]) by ccmb.ap.nic.in (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id RAA37252 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:31:01 -0800 (PST) X-To: "comp_bio" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:22:46 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-comp-bio@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Dear Netters: I am a biologist, currently finishing my Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. I love computers ( for some unknown reason ) and taught myself several skills in C, C++, Java, JavaScript and Perl. I am good at tinkering with codes and coming out with quick solution of small problems. I have written several Perl Modules and an interface in JavaScript for web-based services (manuscript just been accepted in Bioinformatics journal). Although I feel I can contribute quite a bit in Bioinformatics, I can't read technical papers in Computational Biology primarily because of a lack of knowledge in Computer Science. Of late I have taken a vow to teach myself basics of computer science. I want your help in this regard. As you can see I am a student in India and doing my Ph.D in an institute primarily meant for biological science. Neither I have access to books nor have enough money to buy whatever books I can lay my hands on. Here are some help that I want: Please suggest books that are indispensable and I should definitely buy. Please suggest web site where I can find tutorials. I welcome any suggestion regarding how to shape my knowledge base Please help! Malay Malay Kumar Basu Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad 500007 I N D I A Fax: (00-91)40-7171195 Phone: (00-91)40-7172241 ----- 186,000 miles/sec: Not just a good idea, it's the LAW. ----- curiouser@ccmb.ap.nic.in --- .