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Deep Learning in Bioinformatics

Techniques and Applications in Practice

  • 2nd Edition - July 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Habib Izadkhah
  • Language: English

Deep Learning in Bioinformatics: Techniques and Applications in Practice, Second Edition explores how deep learning can be utilized for addressing important problems in bioinf… Read more

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Description

Deep Learning in Bioinformatics: Techniques and Applications in Practice, Second Edition explores how deep learning can be utilized for addressing important problems in bioinformatics, including drug discovery, de novo molecular design, sequence analysis, protein structure prediction, gene expression regulation, protein classification, biomedical image processing and diagnosis, biomolecule interaction prediction, and in systems biology. The book also presents theoretical and practical successes of deep learning in bioinformatics, pointing out problems and suggesting future research directions. This updated edition includes several new chapters, applications, and examples for new Deep Learning advances and techniques.

Dr. Izadkhah provides valuable insights and will help researchers use deep learning techniques in their biological and bioinformatics studies.

Key features

  • Introduces deep learning in an easy-to-understand way
  • Presents how deep learning can be utilized for addressing many important problems in bioinformatics
  • Provides state-of-the-art algorithms in deep learning and bioinformatics
  • Introduces deep learning libraries in bioinformatics

Readership

Graduate students, educators, and researchers in the fields of bioinformatics, machine learning, biomedical engineering, applied statistics, biostatistics, and computer science

Table of contents

1. Why Life Science?

2. A Review of Machine Learning

3. An Introduction to the Python Ecosystem for Deep Learning

4. Preprocessing Techniques for Bioinformatics Data

5. Foundations of Neural Networks and Deep Learning

6. Convolutional Neural Networks in Biology and Bioinformatics

7. Recurrent Neural Networks: Generating New Molecules and Proteins Sequence Classification

8. Sequence-Based Analysis and Neural Networks

9. Graph Neural Networks for Bioinformatics

10. Transfer Learning in Bioinformatics: Adapting Pre-Trained Models

11. Pathway-Based Neural Networks for Biological Insights

12. Multi-Omics Integration Using Multi-Input Neural Networks

13. Deep Learning for Genomic and Metabolomics Data Analysis

14. Autoencoders and Deep Generative Models in Bioinformatics

15. Interpretable Neural Networks for Understanding Decisions in Biological Processes

16. Applications of Deep Learning in Personalized Medicine

17. Ethical Considerations and Challenges in Deep Learning for Bioinformatics

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the author

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Habib Izadkhah

Dr. Habib Izadkhah is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Tabriz, Iran. He worked in the industry for a decade as a software engineer before becoming an academic. His research interests include algorithms and graphs, software engineering, and bioinformatics. More recently he has been working on the developing and applying Deep Learning to a variety of problems, dealing with biomedical images, speech recognition, text understanding, and generative models. He has contributed to various research projects, authored a number of research papers in international conferences, workshops, and journals, and also has written five books, including Source Code Modularization: Theory and Techniques from Springer.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran