{"id":4227,"date":"2023-01-30T09:06:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/?page_id=4227"},"modified":"2023-04-13T23:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T21:36:47","slug":"what-is-bioinformatics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/en\/about-the-cbi\/what-is-bioinformatics\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bioinformatics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4227\" class=\"elementor elementor-4227\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92bf7fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"92bf7fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;unicampFadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7614e69\" data-id=\"7614e69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-95fa1ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"95fa1ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf6070b\" data-id=\"bf6070b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e523b59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"e523b59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-primary-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-primary elementor-heading-title\">About Bioinformatics<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"heading-divider\"><\/div>\n\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd7668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1cd7668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b467ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"8b467ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d223e\" data-id=\"62d223e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ceff9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ceff9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3756\" src=\"https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cbi-building-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cbi-building-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cbi-building-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cbi-building-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cbi-building.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary scientific discipline with parts of the subjects biology and computer science, but also medicine, chemistry, pharmacy, physics and mathematics. The aim of bioinformatics is to use computers to configure high-tech experiments in the life sciences and (above all) to analyze the extensive and complex data sets generated in the process.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The first draft sequence of the human genome, 15 years ago, marked a milestone in biology. It changed from a predominantly qualitative science in many areas to a predominantly quantitative one. However, inferring biological processes in the human organism from the genome sequence has turned out to be much more difficult than initially assumed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Evolutionary living organisms are highly complex and not designed to be easily understood. High-dimensional genetic and molecular biological data that allow a deeper understanding of complex biological processes can now only be analyzed with the help of computers. Therefore, bioinformatics is now an indispensable part of life sciences and biotechnology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Below you will find an overview of general research areas in bioinformatics as well as excerpts from current research at the Center for Bioinformatics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8635b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d8635b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36ac18a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"36ac18a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;unicampFadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-686f4af\" data-id=\"686f4af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82efcbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"82efcbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a95c36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"5a95c36\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-03ef61b\" data-id=\"03ef61b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21934af elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"21934af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-primary-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-primary elementor-heading-title\">Research Topics in the Field of Bioinformatics<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"heading-divider\"><\/div>\n\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4afc8ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4afc8ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb62710 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"eb62710\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a37edc0\" data-id=\"a37edc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a39529d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a39529d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Researchers in Bioinformatics develop algorithms and software for simulations of biochemical processes and the analysis of molecular biology data.<\/p>\n<p>The publication of the human genome sequence in February 2001 is considered to be a milestone of scientific research. This is reflected in the reaction of the media and the public. Bioinformatics tools were quintessential for this achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Still bigger challenges lie ahead of us: genes must be identified and their function determined. An understanding of the interplay of the gene products will be the basis for the development of future pharmaceutical treatments. These tasks exceed the mere assembly of the DNA-sequence by far. Bioinformatics provides decisive contributions to tackle these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The following page provides a detailed overview of the tasks and goals of Bioinformatics on on the way from genome to drug.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70ccca elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d70ccca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e286c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-button\" data-id=\"e286c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t<a class=\"premium-button premium-button-none 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-356195b\" data-id=\"356195b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdbce2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cdbce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41586_2001_BF35057264_Figa_HTML.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5743\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Decoding the roughly three billion base pairs of all our DNA has been compared to landing on the moon, splitting the atom, and even inventing the wheel. - Nature, February 2001<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-497aa09 elementor-widget 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcfb899\" data-id=\"bcfb899\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5153818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"5153818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-primary-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-primary elementor-heading-title\">Excerpts of Current Research at the CBI<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"heading-divider\"><\/div>\n\t   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Despite the great breadth of research, CBI has given itself a concrete scientific profile, which is focused on pharmaceutical and medical topics and which clearly distinguishes it from the other German bioinformatics centers. In short, bioinformatics is to be used here for a better understanding of diseases in order to diagnose them better and earlier and to treat them in a more targeted way.<\/p>\n<p>In the following you will get an overview of the current research activities of the Center for Bioinformatics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-948600f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"948600f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed9d3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-button\" data-id=\"eed9d3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t<a class=\"premium-button premium-button-none premium-btn-lg premium-button-none\" href=\"https:\/\/zbi-dev.cs.uni-saarland.de\/en\/research-at-the-cbi\/current-research-excerpts\/\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-button-text-icon-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span >\r\n\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw premium-drawable-icon icon icon-right-arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Bioinformatics Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary scientific discipline with parts of the subjects biology and computer science, but also medicine, chemistry, pharmacy, physics and mathematics. The aim of bioinformatics is to use computers to configure high-tech experiments in the life sciences and (above all) to analyze the extensive and complex data sets generated in the process. The first draft sequence of the human genome, 15 years ago, marked a milestone in biology. It changed from a predominantly qualitative science in many areas to a predominantly quantitative one. However, inferring biological processes in the human organism from the genome sequence has turned out to be much more difficult than initially assumed. Evolutionary living organisms are highly complex and not designed to be easily understood. High-dimensional genetic and molecular biological data that allow a deeper understanding of complex biological processes can now only be analyzed with the help of computers. Therefore, bioinformatics is now an indispensable part of life sciences and biotechnology.\u00a0 Below you will find an overview of general research areas in bioinformatics as well as excerpts from current research at the Center for Bioinformatics. Research Topics in the Field of Bioinformatics Researchers in Bioinformatics develop algorithms and software for simulations of biochemical processes and the analysis of molecular biology data. The publication of the human genome sequence in February 2001 is considered to be a milestone of scientific research. This is reflected in the reaction of the media and the public. Bioinformatics tools were quintessential for this achievement. Still bigger challenges lie ahead of us: genes must be identified and their function determined. An understanding of the interplay of the gene products will be the basis for the development of future pharmaceutical treatments. These tasks exceed the mere assembly of the DNA-sequence by far. Bioinformatics provides decisive contributions to tackle these challenges. The following page provides a detailed overview of the tasks and goals of Bioinformatics on on the way from genome to drug. Learn more Decoding the roughly three billion base pairs of all our DNA has been compared to landing on the moon, splitting the atom, and even inventing the wheel. &#8211; Nature, February 2001 Excerpts of Current Research at the CBI The Center for Bioinformatics and thus its bioinformatics are broadly positioned, i.e. diverse complexes of topics find their way into our bioinformatics research. Despite the great breadth of research, CBI has given itself a concrete scientific profile, which is focused on pharmaceutical and medical topics and which clearly distinguishes it from the other German bioinformatics centers. In short, bioinformatics is to be used here for a better understanding of diseases in order to diagnose them better and earlier and to treat them in a more targeted way. In the following you will get an overview of the current research activities of the Center for Bioinformatics. 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