Authors

Jim Youngblom Cal State University, Stanislaus	Sami Khuri San Jose State University	John Avila San Jose State University

Brief Overview

We've outlined some of the characteristics of good problems for use in bioinformatics classes. These are:

1. Quantitative component

The solution to the problem must be associated with quantitative data

2. Accessible

The student must be able to understand the biological problem.
Data must be available that can be accessed by students

3. Multi-level

The solution to the problem should involve elements from genome to protein to protein structure.

4. Multiple tools should be available for the analysis/solution

5. The problem should invite multiple hypotheses

6. Open-ended

Questions should lead to other questions

7. (Optional) Literature availability

Papers should be available to allow further research by students or teachers.

Resources and References

See above