Sakakibara Laboratory: Bioinformatics - The Fusion of Biology and Information Science

In recent years, the research field of "bioinformatics" has been gaining attention, in conjunction with the progress of the Human Genome Project, which aims to decode the entire human DNA sequence.

This new research field, represented by the term "bioinformatics"—a combination of "bio" for biology and life sciences and "informatics" for information science—is expected not only to use computer and information science technologies as mere tools to advance life science research, but also to have a significant impact on the very way of thinking in the life sciences.