Abstract

LYDA, Raquel Castro; GUTIERREZ, Ricardo  and  CRISTANCHO, Marco. The need for a Colombian bioinformatics and computational biology centre. Rev. colomb. biotecnol [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.1, pp.179-189. ISSN 0123-3475.

The main, most revolutionary advances in biology during this century have arisen from information being provided from revealing different organisms’ complete genomes. The discoveries deriving from genomics are leading to a new paradigm in biology, the era of gene-centred biology being substituted for that centred on genomes. Such new concepts areas such as medicine, agriculture and industry. The successful development of latestgeneration methods for genome sequencing, proteomics and all the other “-omics” has contributed towards an enormous amount of genetic data being produced that needs to be analyzed using computational tools. This has led to the development of a new area called bioinformatics or computational biology. The present work gives a general overview of the development of bioinformatics and computational biology in Colombia. The justification for the establishment of a National bioinformatics and computational biology centre is discussed, as well as some aspects that will be crucial for developing this science in Colombia

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