diff --git a/src/boot/categories.toml b/src/boot/categories.toml
index 7f50018748e..c644cc6706d 100644
--- a/src/boot/categories.toml
+++ b/src/boot/categories.toml
@@ -517,6 +517,30 @@ description = """
 Crates for research tools and processing of data related to the brain and nervous system.\
 """
 
+[science.categories.bioinformatics]
+name = "Bioinformatics"
+description = """
+Crates for processing large-scale biological data.\
+"""
+
+[science.categories.bioinformatics.categories.genomics]
+name = "Genomics"
+description = """
+Crates for processing genetic data, including sequences, abdundance, variants and analysis.\
+"""
+
+[science.categories.bioinformatics.categories.proteomics]
+name = "Proteomics"
+description = """
+Crates for processing protein data including sequences, abdundance and analysis.\
+"""
+
+[science.categories.bioinformatics.categories.sequence-analysis]
+name = "Sequence analysis"
+description = """
+Crates for processing biological sequences, including alignment, assembly, and annotation.\
+"""
+
 [simulation]
 name = "Simulation"
 description = """