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Progress in life sciences is increasingly dependent on the research and development in computational Biology. In recent years, this inter disciplinary research area underwent a great development at an international scale. Computational biology engages in transdisciplinary research in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics. Traditionally, the biosciences have focussed on elucidating the functions of genes, but in recent years global interest has increasingly shifted towards developing an understanding of living organisms as systems by quantitatively processing the massive volumes of data gained through genomic research. The central role in this endeavor is played by bioinformatics, the study of information science (informatics) as applied to biology. This discipline is not simply limited to the construction of databases or the development of analytical tools; it is widely recognised as providing the concepts and methods essential to acquiring a systematic understanding of living organism.