Hello,
I am very much confused about the differences between bioinformatics and Computational Biology! I just want to know the basics Differences between them !
Thanks in advance.
Hi Yusha,
To sum up, Bioinformatics is the application of data analysis or computational interpretation of biological problems, whereas Computational Biology is the development of algorithms or tools that would enable the solving of these problems.
What sources have you used to inform you?
Here are some entry-points, in case you are too lazy to use google yourself:
- https://www.researchgate.net/post/Bioinformatics_vs_Computational_Biology
- https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/3192/is-computational-biology-different-from-bioinformatics
- http://entrance-exam.net/difference-between-bioinformatics-and-computational-biology/
Some research will either solve your problem or enable you to specify your problem, in which case RG will be a good place to get answers.
Hi Yusha,
To sum up, Bioinformatics is the application of data analysis or computational interpretation of biological problems, whereas Computational Biology is the development of algorithms or tools that would enable the solving of these problems.
Bioinformatics is a software based application where the data can be analysed to solve the problem. Computational biology would be way to interpret biological problems in engineering perspective and write an algorithm to solve to get the data.
Bioinformatics is computational analysis and interpretation of data, However computational Biology deals with the development of algorithms used to analyse the data.
many thanks dr Syed Ismyl Mahmood Rizvi for recommending my answer---ajit
In my view, Computational biology and bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops and applies computational methods to analyse large collections of biological data, viz., genetic sequences, cell populations or protein samples, to make new predictions or discover new biology. The computational methods used include analytical methods, mathematical modelling and simulation.
I find the discussion at https://www.britannica.com/science/computational-biology quite informative.
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