A pioneer in bioinformatics

1. early 1980s

   introducing the idea of analysing DNA and protein sequences on personal computers instead of large, shared institutional mainframe computers;

2. 1986

   creating the first Swiss-Prot release with nearly 4,000 curated protein sequence entries and the precursor to UniProt;

3. 1988

   creating the PROSITE database of protein families and domains, which enables the identification of protein functions;

4. 1990

   creating the ENZYME database, which became indispensable for the development of metabolic databases;

5. 1993

   co-launching Expasy, the Swiss bioinformatics resource portal – the first life science web portal and among the first 150 websites in the world;

6. 1998

   co-founding SIB (Swiss Insitute of Bioinformatics) to support the long-term stability of bioinformatics research in Switzerland;

7. 2002

   co-founding UniProt the world’s leading high-quality, comprehensive, and freely accessible resource of protein sequence and functional information, building on Swiss-Prot – since recognized as an ELIXIR Core Data Resource and Global Core Biodata Resource;

8. 2011

   co-founding neXtProt, a knowledge platform for human proteins;

9. 2012

   creating Cellosaurus, the first central knowledge resource for cell lines and since recognized as an ELIXIR Core Data Resource and Global Core Biodata Resource.

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