Molecular Bioinformatics

What is Bioinformatics?

The collection, organization and analysis of large amounts of biological data, using networks of computers and databases. Historically, bioinformatics concerned itself with the analysis of the sequences of genes and their products (proteins), but the field has since expanded to the management, processing, analysis and visualization of large quantities of data from genomics, proteomics, drug screening and medicinal chemistry. Bioinformatics also includes the integration and "mining" (detailed searching) of the ever-expanding databases of information from these disciplines.