What is bioinformatics?

Answer 1

It's informatics (part of computer science) applied to molecular biology.

Stuff like searching the human genome and similar databases for gene with specific properties, f.x. genes with specific evolutionary origin, genes that are related to disease etc.

Answer 2

It is a combination of biology and information technology.It is defined here as an interdisciplinary research area that applies computer and information science to solve biological problems..

u can visit the following websites to know better..

European Bioinformatics Institute
"Bioinformatics: An Introduction" (May 19, 2005)
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/bioinformatics/index.html

National Center for Biotechnology Information
What is Bioinformatics? (March 29, 2004)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/bioinformatics.html

Google Defines Bioinformatics
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=googlet&oi=defmore&q=define:Bioinformatics

OneLook Dictionary Searches Defines Bioinformatics
http://www.onelook.com/?loc=bm&w=bioinformatics

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Friedman CP, Altman RB, Kohane IS, McCormick KA, Miller PL, Ozbolt JG, Shortliffe EH, Stormo GD, Szczepaniak MC, Tuck D, Williamson J. (2004)
Training the Next Generation of Informaticians: The Impact of 'BISTI' and Bioinformatics; A Report from the American College of Medical Informatics.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004 11: 167-172.
http://www.jamia.org./cgi/content/short/11/3/167

Bioinformatics FAQ
Damian Counsell (July 19, 2005) - What is Bioinformatics? and many other questions answered
http://bioinformatics.org/faq/

American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics page
http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/bioinf.html

University of British Columbia
Bioinformatics Education Directory
http://www.bioinformatics.ubc.ca/resources/links_directory/?category_id=14

Biohealthmatics
Careers in Bioinformatics (July 18, 2005)
http://www.biohealthmatics.com/careers/biocareer.aspx

Answer 3

Bioinformatics and computational biology involve the use of techniques from applied mathematics, informatics, statistics, and computer science to solve biological problems. Research in computational biology often overlaps with systems biology. Major research efforts in the field include sequence alignment, gene finding, genome assembly, protein structure alignment, protein structure prediction, prediction of gene expression and protein-protein interactions, and the modeling of evolution.

The terms bioinformatics and computational biology are often used interchangeably. However bioinformatics more properly refers to the creation and advancement of algorithms, computational and statistical techniques, and theory to solve formal and practical problems posed by or inspired from the management and analysis of biological data. Computational biology, on the other hand, refers to hypothesis-driven investigation of a specific biological problem using computers, carried out with experimental and simulated data, with the primary goal of discovery and the advancement of biological knowledge. A similar distinction is made by National Institutes of Health in their working definitions of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Answer 4

It is a blend of biology and information technology.The major use of it will come handy in DNA sampling.It helps in managing vital records related to biological information and creating databases for genes according to their properties.It also has a inter disciplinary research involved to solve many problems related to biology combined with latest computer technology.

Answer 5

It is a field of study that deals with the use of Information Technology and Information Systems for Storing, managing and Retrieval of Records related with Biological Information.

The major use of it is in DNA sampling