- Course overview
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- What is publicly available data?
- Open data
- Finding publicly available data
- Data sharing and submission
- Collection challenge
- Collection complete!
- Your feedback
- Get help and support
- References
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Using public data in your research
Bioinformatics is the science of storing, retrieving and analysing large amounts of biological information. This can include the analysis of publicly available life sciences data.
This online tutorial discusses the role of databases, different types of databases, how data is structured and how you can use public data for your own analyses.
Go to Bioinformatics for the terrified: An introduction to the science of bioinformatics
In this online tutorial you started to learn about the importance of good data management and describing data consistently. Continue on to the next page to learn more.