olemus
interdistsiplinaarne valdkond, bioloogiaprobleemide lahendamise meetodite arendus ja rakendamine matemaatika, statistika ja informaatika abil (eelkõige genoomikas)
Merriam-Webster:
the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied to molecular genetics and genomics

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics
http://www.ijerd.com/paper/vol3-issue8/K03088899.pdf
https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/bioinformatiikka/mbi/courses/08-09/itb/lectures/itb0809-slides-p1-431.pdf