What is Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics is the use of computational methods to study biological data.

Bioinformatics is:

1. the development of computational methods for studying the structure, function, and evolution of genes, proteins, and whole genomes;
2. the development of methods for the management and analysis of biological information arising from genomics and high-throughput experiments.

Some references that would be useful:

• Paul G. Higgs and Teresa K. Attwood, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution
• Arthur M. Lesk, Introduction to Bioinformatics
  

Yellow Beauties of University of Peradeniya

University of Peradeniya is the heir to the oldest university tradition in Sri Lanka. It's great culture amazing beauty make it one of a kind. Most of the times photos can describe the beauty. Sometimes it enhances the beauty. But this is not true with Pera beauty. There is no photograph which can catch the entire beauty of the University of Peradeniya.

 Yellow Flowers" (I don'tknow the scientific name) as we call it is a special feature in Peradeniya. During the time of February to May it starts to blossom.

AJAX

Ajax is something interesting and also the new trend. It is not another programming language but, a way to change the content of a web page without reloading it. JavaScript contains some objects relevant to working with AJAX.
ajax.js
function getXMLHttp()
{
var xmlHttp

try
{
//Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch(e)
{
//Internet Explorer
try
{
xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch(e)
{
try
{
xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch(e)
{
alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!")
return false;
}
}
}
return xmlHttp;
}
function MakeRequest()
{
var xmlHttp = getXMLHttp();

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function()
{
if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4)
{
HandleResponse(xmlHttp.responseText);
}
}

xmlHttp.open("GET", "ex1.php", true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}


function HandleResponse(response)
{
document.getElementById('ResponseDiv').innerHTML = response;
}