Beginner in ML, How do I effectively start studying ML, I am a Bioinformatics student.

Hi everyone! I am a 2nd year BI student trying to learn ML. I am interested in microbiome research and genomics, and have realised how important ML is for BI, so I want to learn it properly not just surface level.

The problem I am facing is, I don’t know how to structure my learning. I am anywhere and everywhere. And it gets overwhelming at one point.

I would appreciate if you guys could help me in finding effective resources, Beginner friendly solid resources like yt or books.

Project ideas that a BI student can relate to, nothing novel, just beginner so that I can start somewhere.

Any mistakes that you made during your learning that I can avoid.

Or any other question that I am not asking but I SHOULD BE ASKING!

I am confortable with basic python and stats, its just I am looking for roadmaps or anything that helped you when you started.

Thanks in advance!