Segue algumas iniciativas de software open source para BioInfo: BioEclipse, BioRails e UGENE.

Maiores detalhes no artigo originalmente em inglês: Free and Open Source Bioinformatics Software for Linux - http://www.junauza.com/2009/11/free-and-open-source-bioinformatics.html

Bioinformatics, as defined by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (BCBI), is the field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline.

Bioinformatics is being used largely in the field of human genome research by the Human Genome Project, which has been determining the sequence of the entire human genome (about 3 billion base pairs) and is essential in using genomic information to understand diseases. It is also used largely for the identification of new molecular targets for drug discovery.

To aid scientists as well as students in their analysis and study, I have a here a list of some of the most capable free and open source Bioinformatics software for Linux.