SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
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The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an internationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to biological and biomedical #DataScience.
We provide essential resources, expertise and services and represent Swiss bioinformatics.
We provide essential resources, expertise and services and represent Swiss bioinformatics.
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#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School announcement ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
๐ข eDNA & ecosystems
๐ฃ pangenome diversity
๐ต population genetics
๐ก comparative genomics
๐ข eDNA & ecosystems
๐ฃ pangenome diversity
๐ต population genetics
๐ก comparative genomics
Biodiversity Bioinformatics Summer School
This School is co-organized by SIB/ELIXIR Switzerland and de.NBI/ELIXIR Germany
Overview
Biodiversity is fundamental to ecosystem functioning, yet it
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February 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School announcement ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
๐ข eDNA & ecosystems
๐ฃ pangenome diversity
๐ต population genetics
๐ก comparative genomics
๐ข eDNA & ecosystems
๐ฃ pangenome diversity
๐ต population genetics
๐ก comparative genomics
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๐ ECCB 2026 will host a Career Workshop on Wed 2 Sept open to all participants. Whether you are considering academia, industry, or alternative paths, your input will help us design a useful workshop, to reflect your needs, questions, & aspirations.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
๐ ECCB 2026 will host a Career Workshop on Wed 2 Sept open to all participants. Whether you are considering academia, industry, or alternative paths, your input will help us design a useful workshop, to reflect your needs, questions, & aspirations.
๐ Fill out this poll: tinyurl.com/2shevyst
๐ Fill out this poll: tinyurl.com/2shevyst
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๐ฆ How do microbes arrive together, and why does it matter for #microbial #diversity?
๐ Read the paper: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Published in @plos.org Computational Biology
๐ Congratulations to authors Loรฏc Marrec & Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
๐ Read the paper: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Published in @plos.org Computational Biology
๐ Congratulations to authors Loรฏc Marrec & Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
Cluster dispersal shapes microbial diversity during community assembly
Author summary Microbial communities, such as those living in the gut, play important roles in host health, yet we still do not fully understand how their diversity is established. In many cases, thes...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
๐ฆ How do microbes arrive together, and why does it matter for #microbial #diversity?
๐ Read the paper: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Published in @plos.org Computational Biology
๐ Congratulations to authors Loรฏc Marrec & Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
๐ Read the paper: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Published in @plos.org Computational Biology
๐ Congratulations to authors Loรฏc Marrec & Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
๐ Researchers can now explore a foundational resource for data-driven healthcare solutions โ and see how to access the data for personalized health studies.
The milestone is enabled by release of metadata for the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) Federated Clinical Routine Dataset. More๐
The milestone is enabled by release of metadata for the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) Federated Clinical Routine Dataset. More๐
Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) unlocks data from 800,000 patients
Researchers can now easily discover what clinical health data exists in Switzerland and how to access it, while fully respecting patient privacy. This major milestone is enabled by the release of stan...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
๐ Researchers can now explore a foundational resource for data-driven healthcare solutions โ and see how to access the data for personalized health studies.
The milestone is enabled by release of metadata for the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) Federated Clinical Routine Dataset. More๐
The milestone is enabled by release of metadata for the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) Federated Clinical Routine Dataset. More๐
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Pre-announcement ... keep an eye out for news of our upcoming #Biodiversity #Bioinformatics Summer School 21-26 June in Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social ... sign up to the mailing list to be sure not to miss it! www.sib.swiss/training/upc...
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The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an academic not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead and coordinate the field of bioinformatics in Switzerland.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Pre-announcement ... keep an eye out for news of our upcoming #Biodiversity #Bioinformatics Summer School 21-26 June in Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social ... sign up to the mailing list to be sure not to miss it! www.sib.swiss/training/upc...
SIB is deeply saddened by the passing of Peer Bork, a bioinformatics pioneer and long-time collaborator at EMBL @ebi.embl.org. We are honoured to have spoken with him late last year, following his keynote talk at our [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference. See his interview here ๐
โWithout data resources, the life sciences would grind to a haltโ
Peer Bork, then Interim Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), gave a keynote talk at the 2025 edition of SIBโs flagship biennial event, the [BC]2 Basel Computatio...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
SIB is deeply saddened by the passing of Peer Bork, a bioinformatics pioneer and long-time collaborator at EMBL @ebi.embl.org. We are honoured to have spoken with him late last year, following his keynote talk at our [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference. See his interview here ๐
๐ฆ ๐งฌ A study published in @science.org today by SIB and other scientists used a new combination of bioinformatics methods to show that treponemal diseases were circulating far earlier in the Americas, and were more diverse, than previously known.
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@davidebozzi.bsky.social
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5,500-year-old genome discovered for syphilis-related bacterium
A bacterial genome found in the remains of an ancient hunter-gatherer shows that treponemal diseases were circulating far earlier in the Americas, and were more diverse, than previously known. Pu...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM
๐ฆ ๐งฌ A study published in @science.org today by SIB and other scientists used a new combination of bioinformatics methods to show that treponemal diseases were circulating far earlier in the Americas, and were more diverse, than previously known.
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@davidebozzi.bsky.social
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@davidebozzi.bsky.social
A new study with SIB Group Leader @saramitri.bsky.social as one of the authors ๐
๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ โ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑโ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?
A new #research published by the research group of @saramitri.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social nil.bsky.social and supported by the NCCR #Microbiomes
๐ Read the open-access paper @plos.org
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A new #research published by the research group of @saramitri.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social nil.bsky.social and supported by the NCCR #Microbiomes
๐ Read the open-access paper @plos.org
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Novel artificial selection method improves function of simulated microbial communities
Author summary Artificial selection has been extremely powerful in improving properties of complex biological or biochemical entities. The most familiar examples come from the breeding of animals and ...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A new study with SIB Group Leader @saramitri.bsky.social as one of the authors ๐
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Nice explanation of our work on venomless Ulorborus spiders! The amazing Giulia appears around 35 min. @dee-unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
This one took longer than I expected, because I had no idea how unusual these spiders actually were. Who knew they were so full of surprises?
With help from the fantastic Dr. Giulia Zancolli!
youtu.be/2TE9xZDnvM8
With help from the fantastic Dr. Giulia Zancolli!
youtu.be/2TE9xZDnvM8
The Featherlegged Orbweaver - The Spiders in Your Yard
YouTube video by Travis McEnery
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January 15, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Nice explanation of our work on venomless Ulorborus spiders! The amazing Giulia appears around 35 min. @dee-unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
๐ Congratulations to Bgee and the two complementary SwissOrthology knowledgebases, OMA and OrthoDB, for being selected as ELIXIR Core Data Resources! See more๐
@bgee.org @marcrr.bsky.social @dessimoz.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org
@bgee.org @marcrr.bsky.social @dessimoz.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org
Three further SIB knowledgebases gain prestigious European recognition
A total of eight expertly curated knowledgebases developed by SIB scientists are now designated as ELIXIR Core Data Resources (CDRs) โ with the three new additions representing half of those sel...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
๐ Congratulations to Bgee and the two complementary SwissOrthology knowledgebases, OMA and OrthoDB, for being selected as ELIXIR Core Data Resources! See more๐
@bgee.org @marcrr.bsky.social @dessimoz.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org
@bgee.org @marcrr.bsky.social @dessimoz.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org
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๐ข Highlight talk & poster submissions are open!
Submit abstracts showcasing new advances in comp biology & bioinformatics (published from 1 Mar 2025 or preprint). Posters welcome across all field areas.
๐ค Present in person: 15-min talks + discussion
๐ Deadline: 20 Apr 2026
๐ tinyurl.com/eccb-htp
Submit abstracts showcasing new advances in comp biology & bioinformatics (published from 1 Mar 2025 or preprint). Posters welcome across all field areas.
๐ค Present in person: 15-min talks + discussion
๐ Deadline: 20 Apr 2026
๐ tinyurl.com/eccb-htp
January 6, 2026 at 9:40 AM
๐ข Highlight talk & poster submissions are open!
Submit abstracts showcasing new advances in comp biology & bioinformatics (published from 1 Mar 2025 or preprint). Posters welcome across all field areas.
๐ค Present in person: 15-min talks + discussion
๐ Deadline: 20 Apr 2026
๐ tinyurl.com/eccb-htp
Submit abstracts showcasing new advances in comp biology & bioinformatics (published from 1 Mar 2025 or preprint). Posters welcome across all field areas.
๐ค Present in person: 15-min talks + discussion
๐ Deadline: 20 Apr 2026
๐ tinyurl.com/eccb-htp
You are welcome to leave a message on the website launched to commemorate and preserve the memories, stories and messages in honour of Amos: www.sib.swiss/amos/
Amos Bairoch โ In Memoriam ยท Amos Bairoch remembrances
This page is a place to share memories, stories, and messages in honour of Amos Bairoch.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:09 AM
You are welcome to leave a message on the website launched to commemorate and preserve the memories, stories and messages in honour of Amos: www.sib.swiss/amos/
To commemorate and preserve the memories and stories in honour of Amos Bairoch, our co-founder and a pioneer of bioinformatics, you are welcome to leave a message on the dedicated website: www.sib.swiss/amos/
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
To commemorate and preserve the memories and stories in honour of Amos Bairoch, our co-founder and a pioneer of bioinformatics, you are welcome to leave a message on the dedicated website: www.sib.swiss/amos/
We are pleased to welcome 3 new Group Leaders to SIB as of 1 January 2026.
Nadine Fournier leads the Biomedical Data Science Facility at UNIGE
Tim Roloff-Handschin and Helena Seth-Smith (UZH) join SIBโs microbial genomics community.
These appointments strengthen SIBโs network and expertise.
Nadine Fournier leads the Biomedical Data Science Facility at UNIGE
Tim Roloff-Handschin and Helena Seth-Smith (UZH) join SIBโs microbial genomics community.
These appointments strengthen SIBโs network and expertise.
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
We are pleased to welcome 3 new Group Leaders to SIB as of 1 January 2026.
Nadine Fournier leads the Biomedical Data Science Facility at UNIGE
Tim Roloff-Handschin and Helena Seth-Smith (UZH) join SIBโs microbial genomics community.
These appointments strengthen SIBโs network and expertise.
Nadine Fournier leads the Biomedical Data Science Facility at UNIGE
Tim Roloff-Handschin and Helena Seth-Smith (UZH) join SIBโs microbial genomics community.
These appointments strengthen SIBโs network and expertise.
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"Disposer en Suisse (...) de donnรฉes de rรฉfรฉrence, gรฉrรฉes selon nos lois & nos valeurs, renforce notre capacitรฉ ร dรฉcider et ร agir." Christophe Dessimoz signe un article sur l'importance de la qualitรฉ des donnรฉes pour faire avancer la santรฉ dans Tribune de Genรจve & 24 heures.
๐ tinyurl.com/4yctt965
๐ tinyurl.com/4yctt965
January 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
"Disposer en Suisse (...) de donnรฉes de rรฉfรฉrence, gรฉrรฉes selon nos lois & nos valeurs, renforce notre capacitรฉ ร dรฉcider et ร agir." Christophe Dessimoz signe un article sur l'importance de la qualitรฉ des donnรฉes pour faire avancer la santรฉ dans Tribune de Genรจve & 24 heures.
๐ tinyurl.com/4yctt965
๐ tinyurl.com/4yctt965
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๐ฃ Still 11 days to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials for #ECCB2026! Don't miss the opportunity to be an active part of one of Europe's leading conference in #Bioinformatics and #ComputationalBiology.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
๐ eccb2026.org/call-tutoria...
Deadline: 16 January 2026
๐ eccb2026.org/call-tutoria...
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
๐ฃ Still 11 days to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials for #ECCB2026! Don't miss the opportunity to be an active part of one of Europe's leading conference in #Bioinformatics and #ComputationalBiology.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
๐ eccb2026.org/call-tutoria...
Deadline: 16 January 2026
๐ eccb2026.org/call-tutoria...
๐ค ๐ As 2025 draws to a close, we thank our members, partners, collaborators and supporters for a year of shared progress. We look forward to continuing this work with you and strengthening Swiss leadership in science and innovation.
Wishing you a joyful festive season and a wonderful new year!
Wishing you a joyful festive season and a wonderful new year!
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
๐ค ๐ As 2025 draws to a close, we thank our members, partners, collaborators and supporters for a year of shared progress. We look forward to continuing this work with you and strengthening Swiss leadership in science and innovation.
Wishing you a joyful festive season and a wonderful new year!
Wishing you a joyful festive season and a wonderful new year!
๐ฆ The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) will fill a crucial gap in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: detecting antimicrobial resistance genes that can spread rapidly via mobile DNA elements.
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Reinforcing Swiss capacity in combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) will fill a crucial gap in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: the detection of resistance genes that can spread rapidly through populations and ...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
๐ฆ The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) will fill a crucial gap in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: detecting antimicrobial resistance genes that can spread rapidly via mobile DNA elements.
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What happens when bioinformatics resources endโand how can we make sure they stay FAIR? New report on sunsetting bioinformatics resources responsibly, with real case studies: CleanEx, EPD & neXtProt. If you build data/resources/software for science, this is a must-read.
๐ zenodo.org/records/1769...
๐ zenodo.org/records/1769...
December 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What happens when bioinformatics resources endโand how can we make sure they stay FAIR? New report on sunsetting bioinformatics resources responsibly, with real case studies: CleanEx, EPD & neXtProt. If you build data/resources/software for science, this is a must-read.
๐ zenodo.org/records/1769...
๐ zenodo.org/records/1769...
๐ช 2025 was another year of impact at SIB. See new collaborations ๐ that will generate knowledge and drive innovation to:
โ๏ธ fight disease
๐ซ preserve biodiversity
๐ค enable trustworthy AI
๐จ๐ญ strengthen Swiss competitiveness
Thanks to our teams, members and partners, we look forward to even more in 2026!
โ๏ธ fight disease
๐ซ preserve biodiversity
๐ค enable trustworthy AI
๐จ๐ญ strengthen Swiss competitiveness
Thanks to our teams, members and partners, we look forward to even more in 2026!
Expanding our societal reach in 2025 through new projects and grants
As the year draws to a close, we highlight examples of projects and competitive funding secured in 2025 that expand SIBโs impact โ from personalized health and biodiversity to trustworthy ...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
๐ช 2025 was another year of impact at SIB. See new collaborations ๐ that will generate knowledge and drive innovation to:
โ๏ธ fight disease
๐ซ preserve biodiversity
๐ค enable trustworthy AI
๐จ๐ญ strengthen Swiss competitiveness
Thanks to our teams, members and partners, we look forward to even more in 2026!
โ๏ธ fight disease
๐ซ preserve biodiversity
๐ค enable trustworthy AI
๐จ๐ญ strengthen Swiss competitiveness
Thanks to our teams, members and partners, we look forward to even more in 2026!
๐ Point your friends, family and connections to our new video ๐น on the point of bioinformatics!
The 90-second video is available in:
๐ฌ๐ง youtu.be/yjbv1WZcM2M
๐ซ๐ท youtu.be/BG-h_nxwSE4
๐ฉ๐ช youtu.be/e4S4m1IhfiU
๐ฎ๐น youtu.be/V4QcZHjnsGo
The 90-second video is available in:
๐ฌ๐ง youtu.be/yjbv1WZcM2M
๐ซ๐ท youtu.be/BG-h_nxwSE4
๐ฉ๐ช youtu.be/e4S4m1IhfiU
๐ฎ๐น youtu.be/V4QcZHjnsGo
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
๐ Point your friends, family and connections to our new video ๐น on the point of bioinformatics!
The 90-second video is available in:
๐ฌ๐ง youtu.be/yjbv1WZcM2M
๐ซ๐ท youtu.be/BG-h_nxwSE4
๐ฉ๐ช youtu.be/e4S4m1IhfiU
๐ฎ๐น youtu.be/V4QcZHjnsGo
The 90-second video is available in:
๐ฌ๐ง youtu.be/yjbv1WZcM2M
๐ซ๐ท youtu.be/BG-h_nxwSE4
๐ฉ๐ช youtu.be/e4S4m1IhfiU
๐ฎ๐น youtu.be/V4QcZHjnsGo
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๐ข ECCB2026 - Call for proceedings now open !
The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology.
๐ Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET
๐ eccb2026.org/call-proceedings
#ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers
The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology.
๐ Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET
๐ eccb2026.org/call-proceedings
#ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
๐ข ECCB2026 - Call for proceedings now open !
The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology.
๐ Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET
๐ eccb2026.org/call-proceedings
#ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers
The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology.
๐ Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET
๐ eccb2026.org/call-proceedings
#ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers
๐ฃ๏ธ โGetting recognition and external validation for this, and all the work involved, feels very goodโ , said Ilan Gold from the @scverse.bsky.social core team, SIB Bioinformatics Innovative Resource Award 2025 laureate.
Read full interview www.sib.swiss/news/getting...
Read full interview www.sib.swiss/news/getting...
โGetting recognition and external validation for this, and all the work involved, feels very goodโ
scverse, a set of foundational tools for single-cell omics data analysis, received the SIB Bioinformatics Innovative Resource Award 2025. The jury was particularly impressed by scverseโs fo...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
๐ฃ๏ธ โGetting recognition and external validation for this, and all the work involved, feels very goodโ , said Ilan Gold from the @scverse.bsky.social core team, SIB Bioinformatics Innovative Resource Award 2025 laureate.
Read full interview www.sib.swiss/news/getting...
Read full interview www.sib.swiss/news/getting...
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We are proud to count the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics among our partners, and thankful for their efforts in connecting the expertise from the DNA barcoding and genomics communities within BGE.
Read more ๐ www.swisscore.org/connecting-s...
@sib.swiss
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@sib.swiss
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are proud to count the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics among our partners, and thankful for their efforts in connecting the expertise from the DNA barcoding and genomics communities within BGE.
Read more ๐ www.swisscore.org/connecting-s...
@sib.swiss
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@sib.swiss
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot helped Vaal University of Technology researchers identify enzymes with promise for soil bioremediation. Another example of how SIBโs open resources drive global research tackling challenges from health to environmental protection.
๐ www.sib.swiss/services/ope...
๐ www.sib.swiss/services/ope...
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot helped Vaal University of Technology researchers identify enzymes with promise for soil bioremediation. Another example of how SIBโs open resources drive global research tackling challenges from health to environmental protection.
๐ www.sib.swiss/services/ope...
๐ www.sib.swiss/services/ope...