bioinformatique

Bioinformatique, or bioinformatics in English, is an interdisciplinary field that develops and applies computational methods to analyze biological data, particularly large-scale datasets produced by genomics, proteomics, and other high-throughput technologies. It brings together biology, computer science, mathematics, and statistics to extract knowledge from biological information, support experimental design, and enable data integration and interpretation.

Core activities include sequence alignment and assembly, genome and transcriptome annotation, comparative genomics, phylogenetics, protein structure prediction, functional genomics, and systems biology modeling. The work relies on algorithms, software tools, and databases to store, retrieve, and analyze data, with emphasis on reproducibility and interoperability through standard formats.

Bioinformatique underpins research across life sciences, medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. It enables rapid analysis of data from next-generation sequencing, mass spectrometry, and imaging, contributing to discoveries, precision medicine, biomarker discovery, and drug development. The field emphasizes data management, ethical considerations, training, and the ongoing development of open-source resources to support collaboration and transparent science.