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This isn’t your parents’ bench science. Biology today is increasingly quantitative – and computational. Researchers who want to make the most of their data need to become comfortable not just with their pipettes but with data science, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence.
A career in bioinformatics can be intellectually satisfying and financially lucrative. It’s open to anyone with a relevant background, but new researchers are in frustratingly short supply.