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Welcome to the Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit | IBU.

We specialize in next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and genomics data science. We work closely with researchers from study design and conceptualisation to advanced data analysis.

We regularly contribute to large-scale interdisciplinary research projects and develop data processing pipelines and tools for data exploration and visualisation. We are equipped with state-of-the-art computational infrastructure and have access to a comprehensive software repository.

We train the next generation of bioinformaticians through our own research projects, specific courses and our Master program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

 

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New OpenProject Features: simplifying collaboration with customers

The IBU collaborates on numerous projects with various partners each year, so we are committed to continuously improving our project management. Recently, we hired a software engineer to customize a plugin for OpenProject that specifically addresses our unit's unique requirements. With these improvements, our customers will benefit from a more comprehensive project overview, streamlined reporting capabilities, and a simplified project initiation process at the IBU.
More details will follow next month.

NOMIC: a hub for omics data analysis of non-model organisms

Many researchers within the university work with non-model organisms (i.e. not human or mouse). However, performing data analysis on data from such organisms poses many challenges. IBU received funding to set up a hub to encourage knowledge exchange and support such challenging but important projects. The project will start in January 2025. Already interested? Contact Geert van Geest (geert.vangeest@unibe.ch).

Teacher of the Year: 2023-2024

Stephan Peischl is awarded Teacher of the Year, 2023-2024. Congratulations!

Thomas Roder's OpenGenomeBrowser Wins SIB Innovative Resource Award at [BC]² Conference!

Thomas Roder, IBU staff scientist, has been honoured with the prestigious Innovative Resource Award from the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics at the [BC]² Conference. The award honours Thomas’s outstanding contribution to the field of comparative genomics through the development of the software OpenGenomeBrowser.
It comes with a generous cash prize of 10,000 CHF to support continued development of the software.

2023/09/13

Thomas Roder wins best poster award for "OpenGenomeBrowser"

At the SIB Bioinformatics Summit conference, Thomas Roder received an award for the software "OpenGenomeBrowser" poster presentation.
You can check out his website here.

2022/06/15
2021/08/16

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