Academic field combining biology, computer science, and information technology to analyze biological data.
See also: バイオインフォマティクス
Bioinformatics is an essential field for genome analysis.
Synonymous loanword; 生命情報学 is the native Japanese term, while バイオインフォマティクス is the direct katakana borrowing and more common in international contexts.
Compound of 生命 (life) + 情報 (information) + 学 (study), a calque of English 'bioinformatics'.