Reversals of Genetic Fortunes

The last couple of decades have witnessed a thorough mixing of mathematics, computers, and biology. This mixing has resulted in the new multidisciplinary field of bioinformatics. Part biology, part information sciences, part mathematics, and part computer science, bioinformatics is growing explosively as it solves problems in pure science, and promises related medical advances.

Attracted to this field and its promise are funding agencies, scientists, and mathematicians that further develop the field.