Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech

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Biocomplexity Institute
of Virginia Tech

Motto	Ut Prosim (Latin)
Motto in English	That I May Serve
Established	2000
Executive Director	Chris Barrett
Location	Blacksburg, Arlington , in Virginia , United States
Yearly Research Portfolio	$68 Million[1]
Affiliations	Virginia Tech
Website	bi.vt.edu

The Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech (formerly the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute) was a research institute specializing in bioinformatics, computational biology, and systems biology. The institute had more than 250 personnel, including over 50 tenured and research faculty. Research at the institute involved collaboration in diverse disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, biology, plant pathology, biochemistry, systems biology, statistics, economics, synthetic biology and medicine. The institute developed -omic and bioinformatic tools and databases that can be applied to the study of human, animal and plant diseases as well as the discovery of new vaccine, drug and diagnostic targets.

The institute's programs were supported by a variety of government and private agencies including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Energy. Since inception, the Biocomplexity Institute has received over $179 million in extramural support. It has a research portfolio totaling $68 million in grants and contracts. The institute's executive director was Chris Barrett.

In 2019, the institute was absorbed into the Fralin Institute of Life Sciences at Virginia Tech after many faculty members, including Dr. Barrett, were hired away to form the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative of the University of Virginia.^[2]