Bioinformatics and Computational Biology— What? Why? How?

A gentle introduction to bioinformatics and computational biology

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology have become buzzwords in today’s world of Science. A few decades ago, people saw biology and computer science as two entirely different fields. One would learn about living beings and their functions whereas the other would learn about computers and underlying theories. However, at present, there seems to be a mere separation between the two fields and these new fields have emerged as…