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Abbreviation | SIB |
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Formation | 30 March 1998 |
Type | academic not-for-profit foundation |
Headquarters | SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Quartier Sorge Batiment Amphipole 1015 Lausanne Switzerland |
Region | Switzerland |
Joint Executive Director | Christophe Dessimoz |
Website | sib |
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an academic not-for-profit foundation which federates bioinformatics activities throughout Switzerland.
The institute was established on 30 March 1998 and its mission is to provide core bioinformatics resources to the national and international life science research community in fields such as genomics, proteomics and systems biology as well as to lead and coordinate the field of bioinformatics in Switzerland. In particular, it promotes research, develops databanks and computer technologies, and is involved in teaching and service activities.