Biochemistry and Bioinformatics Learning Resources
A curated collection of books, videos, papers, and tools that have helped me become a better biochemist and bioinformatician. Organized by topic and material type for easy browsing.
Chemistry
Entwurf und Wirkung von Arzneistoffen. Sehr gute Literatur zu Wirkstoffdesign! Hab die aktuelle Ausgabe nicht gesehen, aber die vorherige war sehr gut. Leider wieder nur auf deutsch, soweit ich weiß.
Biochemistry
Stryer Biochemistry
2018 by Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr., Lubert Stryer
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Excellent biochemistry textbook with clear explanations and beautiful illustrations. Great for understanding enzyme mechanisms.
Bioanorganische Chemie
2005 by Wolfgang Kaim , Brigitte Schwederski
Zur Funktion chemischer Elemente in Lebensprozessen. Leider nur auf Deutsch erhältlich und mittlerweile etwas outdated, aber bisher das beste BioAC Buch was ich bisher gelesen habe.
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Free MIT biochemistry course with video lectures, problem sets, and exams. Excellent for self-study.
Intro to Chemical Biology
2015 by UCI Open
Free UCI biochemistry course with video lectures. Excellent for self-study, comes with a book that is also nice.
Bioinformatics
Very nice book for anyone starting to do Bioinformatics and need some tips and tricks from the computer side. Highly recommend!
Another great book that lets the reader decide how much theory they want to learn.
Data Visualization
Really good effective book to make your graphs cleaner and more effective with lots of visual examples. Very quick and nice read with immediate applications.
Excellent introduction to concepts of creating beautiful infographics with lots of examples and profiles.
Building Science Graphics
2022 by Jen Christiansen
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Beautiful book that helps one walk through the process of building any graphic that is intended to persuade information.
Statistics
Excellent introduction to statistic.
Communication
Writing Science in Plain English
2025 by Anne E. Greene
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I made a whole blog post about this book because I liked it so much! Check it out here.
💡 Tip: Many of these resources are freely available online. Don’t hesitate to explore and find what works best for your learning style!
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