植物计算生物学家分析大型数据集并设计计算机建模仿真，以用于学术界，生物技术和制药公司，健康科学相关领域以及政府研究机构的实际和研究应用。计算生物学，有时也称为生物信息学，是一门利用生物学数据来发展各种生物学系统之间的算法和关系的科学。在计算生物学出现之前，生物学家无法访问大量数据。研究人员能够开发用于解释生物信息的分析方法，但无法在同事之间快速共享它们。
Plant computational biologists analyze large datasets and devise computer modeling simulations for practical and research applications in academia, in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, in health science-related fields, and in governmental research institutions. Computational Biology, sometimes referred to as bioinformatics, is the science of using biological data to develop algorithms and relations among various biological systems. Prior to the advent of computational biology, biologists were unable to have access to large amounts of data. Researchers were able to develop analytical methods for interpreting biological information, but were unable to share them quickly among colleagues.