نبذه عن الكتاب: Scientific disciplines evolve and mature into different areas of specialization to accommodate new knowledge and methods that are being developed by the research community. The last decade has seen a dramatic change in most fields and the information technology has revolutionized several fields. Bioinformatics is the perfect marriage between computer science and advanced biology. Complex biological processes, macromolecular components and their functional interplay define the basis of living cells. Biological experiments that aim to reveal the complexity of cellular systems and biomolecular functions produce huge volumes of data or information that needs to be efficiently handled for tangible results. Exponential increase in genome sequences, protein sequences, protein interactions and biological networks/pathways information has created a demand for efficient information handling. This led to the birth of the field of Bioinformatics that aims to handle biological information using computational methods and algorithms. Bioinformatics is evolving into a mature field with an everincreasing participation from the scientific community. The past five years have seen a rapid increase in the number of scientific journals in this field. It is impossible to include all the topics of Bioinformatics in a book and still cater to the needs of newcomers attracted to this field