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- From: josh@cqs.washington.edu (Josh Hayes)
- Newsgroups: sci.bio
- Subject: Re: Question concerning different areas of Biology
- Message-ID: <josh.712012046@mowgli>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 21:07:26 GMT
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- CHARLES1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Charles Harless) writes:
- >
- >Hello.
-
- Well, howdy.
- >
- >I am a sophmore here the University of Alabama and I am carrying a double
- > major. My primary major is Biology, and my secondary major is Computer
- > Science. I have not yet decided on a specific area of Biology in which I am
- > interested in.
- >
- >What areas of Biology would computers be used more in? I am open to all
- > comments. Please reply to me personally or to the newsgroup.
-
- This is an excellent question. But I'm a little concerned about the, uh,
- nature of the request. You seem to think that you can "make" yourself
- interested in some area of biology simply because it's a good place to
- involve computer-based approaches. I dunno. If I had to choose an area
- of biology to have been interested in, it SURE wouldn't be marine
- ecology, but there you go; that's what tickled my fancy. Don't paint
- yourself into a corner: if you find that you're interested in some
- biological area that doesn't immediately seem to be computer-friendly,
- go with it. Or don't. But don't force yourself to do something you don't
- find interesting.
-
- That said, however, I think that darn near ALL areas of biology are ripe
- for interesting computer-based approaches. Two that are particularly
- hot are 1) molecular modeling approaches - this plays into pharmacology,
- "intelligent drug design", and a lot of other really neat sub-cellular
- stuff; and 2) systems ecology modeling, especially large-scale resource
- modeling. Acid rain, global warming; endangered stocks living in a
- stochastic world...lots of opportunities.
-
- At the same time, I can see applications in developmental biology,
- physiology, genetics - heck, the possibilities are almost limitless.
- DISCOVER the neat applications in fields that nobody else thought of.
- Go for it.
-
- >
- >Thank you for your time.
-
- Ah, you say that NOW, but tomorrow.....
- >
- >Charles Harless
-
- Josh
- >
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- Josh Hayes, Quantitative Sciences HR-20 U of Washington
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