Putting together the puzzle of life using data
A data point is a fragment of information: a medical image, the temperature of a lake, a DNA sequence... Today, there are countless such fragments, produced everywhere and in such diverse forms that no human brain could cope with them or compare them effectively.
Isolated, this data says little.
But linked and compared together, this data becomes the pieces of an immense puzzle. Bioinformatics makes it possible to organise, link and analyse millions of these pieces, transforming raw data into useful knowledge to better understand living organisms and guide decisions.
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ORGANISE
"Organised data...
Create Design Reliability
The living world is a puzzle made up of millions of scattered pieces. Bioinformatics builds databases that bring these pieces together in a structured way and guarantee their quality, so that they are reliable, useful and reusable for research.
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LINK
... who talk to each other...
Tuning Sharing Collaborating
Living data is extremely diverse. Bioinformatics creates a common language for integrating, linking and sharing it between institutions and countries, enabling faster, large-scale research to accelerate scientific discoveries.
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UNDERSTAND
... to understand living things...
Analyse Model Explore
Algorithms analyse millions of pieces of data and reveal what we can't see: the evolution of a disease, the threats to a species, a possible course of treatment. AI models make it possible to go even further, but require high-quality data to be reliable.
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GUIDE
... and preserve it together".
Enlighten Support Anticipate
Knowledge gained from bioinformatics is becoming a compass to help protect human and global health: it is informing key decisions, from personalised health and oncology to epidemic prevention and environmental protection.