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7 Achieving Interdisciplinary Training
Pages 51-52

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... In the short term, biologists with training in computer science, rather than computer scientists with training in biology, may bring the most benefits, although the converse should be encouraged. IdeaDy, with the progression of the science, teams of biologists, bioinformaticists, and computer scientists wiD build on the strengths of the individual disciplines, with the bioinformaticists performing a facilitating role in the transTation of data to research findings and in helping the community to develop the needed skids.
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... The need for different types of expertise in plant biology is particularly striking in database creation and maintenance and in the statistical analysis of complex data, such as data from mRNA-expression and protein-profiling experiments. Therefore, in combination with the overall bioinformatics goals outlined in the previous section, the NPG]
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