What is bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics ? also known as computational biology ? is a cross-disciplinary field that?marries computer science, mathematics and biology.

How did bioinformatics begin?

A milestone was reached in 2003 when the 13-year Human Genome Project, an international?scientific research project, was completed. It is now possible to sequence an entire human?genome in less than a week, and genomic medicine is quickly becoming part of standard

medical care. In the past decade, the genomes of 123 eukaryotic species (rice, maze, mouse,?chicken, etc.) and more than 958 bacterial species were sequenced. The flood of biological?information generated by these projects spawned a new field of biology: bioinformatics.