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What is Bioinformatics?
What is Bioinformatics?
Bioinformatics is a subdiscipline of biology and computer science concerned with the acquisition, storage, analysis, and dissemination of biological data, most often DNA and amino acid sequences.
Bioinformatics uses computer programs for a variety of applications, including determining gene and protein functions, establishing evolutionary relationships, and predicting the three-dimensional shapes of proteins.
Applications of Bioinformatics
Applications of Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is used in many sectors including government, research, industry, information technology, medicine and pharmacology. Common research fields include biomedical, pharmaceutical, environmental, agricultural, and animal science.
Some applications of bioinformatics include:
Personalized medicine
Drug discovery
Gene therapy
Preventive medicine
Crop and livestock resistance
Comparative genomics and evolutionary biology
Pathogen detection
Energy production
Environmental cleanup and toxic waste reduction
Industrial processing
Food production
Careers in Bioinformatics
Careers in Bioinformatics
Agriculturalist
Bioinformatics Analyst, Programmer, Scientist
Biotechnologist
Biomedical Researcher
Biostatistician
Clinical Lab Technician
Computational Biologist
Epidemiologist
Geneticist, Genetic Engineer
Medical Illustrator, Technologist
Molecular Biologist
Physician
Professor
Research Scientist
Software Programmer
Technical Writer
Zoologist or Wildlife Biologist
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