What is Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics is the use of computational methods to study biological data.

Bioinformatics is:

1. the development of computational methods for studying the structure, function, and evolution of genes, proteins, and whole genomes;
2. the development of methods for the management and analysis of biological information arising from genomics and high-throughput experiments.

Some references that would be useful:

• Paul G. Higgs and Teresa K. Attwood, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution
• Arthur M. Lesk, Introduction to Bioinformatics