<p>Applied Bioinformatics is a resource for professional bioinformaticists,  providing readers with topical reviews of computational and  methodological developments. In addition, the journal contains original  research articles on all areas of bioinformatics, with a focus on  microarray analysis, databases and datamining, protein structure  prediction and genomics. Applied Bioinformatics features articles that  provide the practising bioinformaticist with information relating to  global and regional bioinformatics resources, and a future view of this  developing field. In this respect, we endeavour to keep our readers  updated on various computational and experimental standards and  practices that emerge.</p>