I-bioinformatics
I-bioinformatics iyinkambu ehlanganisa imikhakha eminingi ethuthukisa izindlela namathuluzi esofthiwe okuqonda idatha yezinto eziphilayo, ikakhulukazi lapho amasethi edatha emikhulu futhi eyinkimbinkimbi. Njengengxenye yesayensi, i-bioinformatics ihlanganisa isayensi yezinto eziphilayo, isayensi yamakhemikhali, isayensi yezinto eziphilayo, isayensi yamakhompyutha, ubunjiniyela bolwazi, izibalo kanye nezibalo ukuze kuhlaziywe futhi kuchazwe imininingwane yezinto eziphilayo. I-bioinformatics isetshenziselwe ukuhlaziywa kwe-in silico kwemibuzo yezinto eziphilayo kusetshenziswa izindlela zokubala nezibalo.  I-bioinformatics ihlanganisa izifundo zezinto eziphilayo ezisebenzisa izinhlelo zama-computer njengengxenye yendlela yazo, kanye "namapayipi" athile okuhlaziya asetshenziswa ngokuphindaphindiwe, ikakhulukazi emkhakheni we-genomics. Ukusetshenziswa okuvamile kwe-bioinformatics kuhlanganisa ukuhlonza izakhi zofuzo ezihlosiwe kanye nama-single nucleotide polymorphisms (ama-SNP). Ngokuvamile, ukuhlonza okunjalo kwenziwa ngenhloso yokuqonda kangcono isisekelo sofuzo sesifo, ukuzivumelanisa nezimo okuyingqayizivele, izakhiwo ezifiselekayo (ikakhulukazi ezinhlotsheni zezolimo), noma umehluko phakathi kwabantu. Ngendlela engakahleleki kangako, i-bioinformatics izama nokuqonda izimiso zenhlangano ngaphakathi kwe-nucleic acid nokulandelana kwamaprotheni, okubizwa ngokuthi i-proteomics.  Ukucutshungulwa kwesithombe nesignali kuvumela ukukhishwa kwemiphumela ewusizo kusuka emithonjeni emikhulu yedatha eluhlaza. Emkhakheni wezakhi zofuzo, kusiza ekulandelaniseni nasekunikezeni imininingwane ngezakhi zofuzo nezinguquko zazo ezibonwayo. Idlala indima ekwakhiweni kwemibhalo yezincwadi zezinto eziphilayo nasekuthuthukisweni kwezinto eziphilayo nezakhi zofuzo ukuhlela nokubuza idatha yezinto eziphilayo. Iphinde ibe nendima ekuhlaziyweni kwezakhi zofuzo namaprotheni kanye nokulawulwa kwawo. Amathuluzi e-bioinformatics asiza ekuqhathaniseni, ekuhlaziyeni nasekuchazeni imininingwane yofuzo ne-genomic futhi ngokuvamile ekuqondeni izici zokuziphendukela kwemvelo ze-biology yamangqamuzana. Ezingeni elihlanganisayo, kusiza ukuhlaziya nokwenza ikhathalogi yezindlela zezinto eziphilayo kanye namanethiwekhi ayingxenye ebalulekile ye-biology yezinhlelo. Ku-biology yokwakheka, kusiza ekulingiseni nasekumodela i-DNA, i-RNA, amaprotheni kanye nokusebenzisana kwe-biomolecular.