Computational Biology

Not long ago, biologists did not have access to very large amounts of data. Recent advancements in technology are enabling us to generate and store an incredible amount of data. However, our ability to decipher data is slower than our ability to generate them, and thus, an increasing amount of unknown data is stacking up in databases such as the protein data bank. Due to this, by framing biomedical problems as computational problems, using tools adapted from computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, and other quantitative disciplines, scientists use those data to develop analytical methods, algorithms, and/or models for interpreting biological information.

This Special Issue welcomes submissions of original research and review manuscripts focusing on the application of computational techniques to problems in molecular biology, genomics, and biophysics. The goal is to achieve a realistic overview of this exciting and interdisciplinary field of biomedical research.

Dr. Milan Toma
Dr. Riccardo Concu
Guest Editors

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