As a student assistant, I have been learning about bioinformatics for the last three months. During this time, I have found it to be an organization-obsessive rationalist in the house of sciences. It is not enough to get things right; you also have to arrange them in the proper order, and then try to make some sense out of them. Not so strictly speaking, bioinformatics brings molecular biology and computer science together, often with the help of the unifying power of the mighty Internet. It stores the onslaught of biological data coming out of research labs and provides tools for…
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By misbahnaseer
Misbah has been on the Earth for 20 years as the daughter of brilliant parents; is married to her soulmate; has the nickname "geek" via her two brothers; is currently in the final year of her Bachelors of Integrated Sciences at UBC; is working as a student assistant at the UBC Bioinformatics Centre; is a computer lab attendant at UBC-Arts ISIT; is an assistant editor for 'The Miracle'; (and) would like to end this bio by listing a few interesting injuries (needle in foot for 21 days at age 13, and a twice scratched cornea).