国内外生物信息学数据库服务新进展

Progress of Bioinformatics Database Services.

生物信息学是生命科学中最活跃的领域之一．各类生物信息学数据库在近年不断出现，其规模呈爆炸趋势增长，同时数据结构日趋复杂．目前生物信息学数据库服务已实现了高度的计算机和网络化．算法和软件的进步、数据库的一体化、服务器客户模式的建立使之成为生物、医药、农业等学科的强有力工具．在国内北京大学物理化学研究所于１９９６年建立了第一家生物信息学网络服务器．现已为国内外科学家提供了７万余次服务，在国际上具有一定影响．

Bioinformatics is one of most active fields in life science. In recent years, various bioinformatics databases have appeared. The size of the database has grown explosively, and the structure of database has been more complex. Now most databases are severed through the internet . The progress in algorithm and software, integration of database and server client structure make bioinformatics the powerful tool in biology , medicine and agriculture. In 1996 the first network based bioinformatics server in China was established in Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University. Via the Internet, more than 70 000 scientist from all over the world have been served by the server.