computational

(adjective)

Of or relating to computation.

Related Terms

Examples of computational in the following topics:

  • Confocal Microscopy

    • The scanning process uses a device that is under computer control.
    • The output is built into an image and transferred onto a digital computer screen for further analysis.
    • Development of modern confocal microscopes has been accelerated by new advances in computer and storage technology, laser systems, detectors, interference filters, and fluorophores for highly specific targets.

  • Bioinformatic Analyses and Gene Distributions

    • Bioinformatics also deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, structural biology, software engineering, data mining, image processing, modeling and simulation, discrete mathematics, control and system theory, circuit theory, and statistics.
    • The actual process of analyzing and interpreting data is referred to as computational biology.
    • Important sub-disciplines within bioinformatics and computational biology include:

  • Overview of Biotechnology

    • Biotechnology refers to the use of the biological sciences (such as gene manipulation), often in combination with other sciences (such as materials sciences, nanotechnology, and computer software), to discover, evaluate and develop products for bioindustry.

  • Crystallographic Analysis

    • Computer programs like RasMol or Pymol can be used to visualize biological molecular structures.

  • The Carbon Cycle

    • An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.
    • The carbon dioxide visualization was produced by a computer model called GEOS-5, created by scientists at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office.

  • Proteomics

    • New methods include protein microarrays, immunoaffinity, and chromatography followed by mass spectrometry , dual polarisation interferometry, Microscale Thermophoresis, and experimental methods such as phage display and computational methods.
    • This relies on genome and proteome information to identify proteins associated with a disease, which computer software can then use as targets for new drugs.

  • Magnification and Resolution

    • Using computer algorithms and other technology the panel on the right has a higher resolution and is therefore clearer.

  • Viral Identification

  • Mapping Protein-Protein Interactions

    • Datasets obtained from such tools are further analyzed using computational methods to draw a map of protein connectivity and achieve system level understanding of a microorganism.

  • Annotating Genomes

    • Automatic annotation tools try to perform all of this by computer analysis, as opposed to manual annotation (a.k.a. curation) which involves human expertise.