bioinformatics
noun
bio·in·for·mat·ics ˌbī-ō-in-fər-ˈma-tiks 
plural in form but singular in construction
: the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied to molecular genetics and genomics
bioinformatic
ˌbī-ō-in-fər-ˈma-tik
adjective 
Example Sentences
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Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 21 June 2022 Crafted precisely and accurately, these models could significantly reduce costs and also keep patients healthier, said Nigam Shah, a bioinformatics professor at Stanford. Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 14 Apr. 2022 Mark Gerstein, a professor of bioinformatics at Yale University, found in the research implications for data privacy. New York Times, 4 June 2022 South Africa, which is ahead of the US in its BA.4/BA.5 cycle, has seen infections rise but has not seen a corresponding increase in deaths, said Shishi Luo, associate director of bioinformatics and infectious disease at Helix. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 June 2022 Maria Nattestad is a software engineer at Google and, on the side, the author of a popular app that makes eye-catching visualizations from bioinformatics data. Clive Thompson, Wired, 15 Mar. 2022 Warren Kibbe is a biomedical informaticist, chief data officer for the Duke Cancer Institute, and professor and vice chair for the department of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke University School of Medicine. Warren Kibbe, STAT, 25 Nov. 2021 Most of my research was in bioinformatics — the analysis and interpretation of genetic data — and for seven years, culturing bacteria, purifying nucleic acids and writing code to analyze sequencing data were my bread and butter. Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2021 For a ProPublica reporter who did Ph.D. work in bioinformatics, data on bacterial DNA helped reveal how a once-rare salmonella strain spread through the chicken industry. Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2021 See More
Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 21 June 2022 Crafted precisely and accurately, these models could significantly reduce costs and also keep patients healthier, said Nigam Shah, a bioinformatics professor at Stanford. Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 14 Apr. 2022 Mark Gerstein, a professor of bioinformatics at Yale University, found in the research implications for data privacy. New York Times, 4 June 2022 South Africa, which is ahead of the US in its BA.4/BA.5 cycle, has seen infections rise but has not seen a corresponding increase in deaths, said Shishi Luo, associate director of bioinformatics and infectious disease at Helix. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 June 2022 Maria Nattestad is a software engineer at Google and, on the side, the author of a popular app that makes eye-catching visualizations from bioinformatics data. Clive Thompson, Wired, 15 Mar. 2022 Warren Kibbe is a biomedical informaticist, chief data officer for the Duke Cancer Institute, and professor and vice chair for the department of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke University School of Medicine. Warren Kibbe, STAT, 25 Nov. 2021 Most of my research was in bioinformatics — the analysis and interpretation of genetic data — and for seven years, culturing bacteria, purifying nucleic acids and writing code to analyze sequencing data were my bread and butter. Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2021 For a ProPublica reporter who did Ph.D. work in bioinformatics, data on bacterial DNA helped reveal how a once-rare salmonella strain spread through the chicken industry. Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
bioinformatics
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
bio·in·for·mat·ics ˌbī-ō-ˌin-fər-ˈma-tiks
: the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and genomics
One of the most basic operations in bioinformatics involves searching for similarities, or homologies, between a newly sequenced piece of DNA segments from various organisms. Ken Howard, Scientific American
Ken Howard, Scientific American