1. A computer-implemented bioinformatics system comprising: a user interface hardware module for receiving a search query from a user and for providing processed results to the user, wherein the search query comprises user selected data type information, user selected data source information, and user specified query parameters, in addition to the data type and data source information; and an application host that interfaces said user interface hardware module with: a search engine module that searches a structured database and an unstructured database using said search query to obtain search results, and a plurality of informatics tools at least one of which processes said search results to provide processed results.