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4273π : bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware
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dc.contributor.author | Barker, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferrier, David Ellard Keith | |
dc.contributor.author | Holland, Peter W.H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, John B. O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Plaisier, Heleen | |
dc.contributor.author | Ritchie, Michael Gordon | |
dc.contributor.author | Smart, Steven D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-19T12:01:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-19T12:01:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Barker , D , Ferrier , D E K , Holland , P W H , Mitchell , J B O , Plaisier , H , Ritchie , M G & Smart , S D 2013 , ' 4273π : bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware ' , BMC Bioinformatics , vol. 14 , 243 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-14-243 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2105 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 54052382 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 3a0247ff-329a-42d7-a315-8091407ff582 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84881161185 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-3247-6233/work/36423824 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7913-8675/work/46761104 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-0379-6097/work/34033395 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/3971 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Teaching bioinformatics at universities is complicated by typical computer classroom settings. As well as running software locally and online, students should gain experience of systems administration. For a future career in biology or bioinformatics, the installation of software is a useful skill. We propose that this may be taught by running the course on GNU/Linux running on inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer hardware, for which students may be granted full administrator access. Results: We release 4273π, an operating system image for Raspberry Pi based on Raspbian Linux. This includes minor customisations for classroom use and includes our Open Access bioinformatics course, 4273π Bioinformatics for Biologists. This is based on the final-year undergraduate module BL4273, run on Raspberry Pi computers at the University of St Andrews, Semester 1, academic year 2012–2013. Conclusions: 4273π is a means to teach bioinformatics, including systems administration tasks, to undergraduates at low cost. | |
dc.format.extent | 6 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Bioinformatics | en |
dc.rights | © 2013 Barker et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
dc.subject | Bioinformatics education | en |
dc.subject | Teaching material | en |
dc.subject | Raspberry Pi | en |
dc.subject | Linux | en |
dc.subject | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA75 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | 4273π : bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | BBSRC | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Chemistry | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complex | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. EaSTCHEM | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-14-243 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | BB/I00596X/1 | en |
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