The Human Genome and High Performance Computing in Molecular Biology

Genetic sequences contain the basic instruction code of living systems — a basic book of life. The period 1992–2010 will see the deciphering of much of this information, in many organisms, including that of the human genome. Unfortunately, the code is written in biological assembler language and needs to be deciphered. The translation rules from the basic code to biological function is not yet fully known. Here, computational molecular biology is challenged to make major contributions. The potential benefits to medical science and biotechnology are huge.