This document discusses systems biology and bioinformatics. It describes how systems biology takes a holistic approach to study complete biological systems and all of their components and interactions. In contrast, earlier approaches in biology focused on studying one gene or protein at a time. The document outlines several key subfields and approaches within systems biology, including mathematical modeling of biological networks and pathways, data integration from various sources, and the use of association networks to predict functional relationships between biomolecules. It provides examples of publicly available databases like STRING and STITCH that compile interaction and association data from multiple sources for large numbers of organisms. The challenges of data integration are also discussed due to issues like incompatible identifiers and variable data quality across sources. The document then focuses on