Life-science discoveries and innovation for a better future

Delivering positive impact for society

We contribute to healthier, more sustainable societies and a stronger Switzerland by providing high-quality data resources, tools, and expertise.

Explore how in three key areas:

human and planetary health
trustworthy AI
Swiss innovation and competitiveness

See impact examples for SIB Resources

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Data at the heart of major scientific advances

Explore how biological data are transforming health, biodiversity protection, epidemics and AI.

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Improving human and planetary health

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Environmental protection

Our scientists empower researchers, conservation practitioners, and policymakers with open, high-quality biodiversity data and software tools for species analyses, large-scale habitat assessments, and more.

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Epidemic preparedness

Resources developed by SIB Groups were central to Switzerland’s – and many other countries’ – responses to COVID-19. We are building on this expertise to support effective preparedness and response for any pathogen of concern.

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Ensuring food security

Access to adequate, nutritious food is vital for health, prosperity and sustainable societies. SIB’s data expertise underpins innovations in agriculture, food safety and environmental protection – all essential pillars of global food security.

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Personalized health

We contribute to precision therapies for cancer, diabetes, and other conditions by connecting patient data from multiple sources, and making these accessible to clinicians and researchers through secure, legally compliant infrastructure.

Enabling trustworthy artificial intelligence

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Trustworthy AI

Artificial intelligence has won its first Nobel Prizes – including for groundbreaking life science tools – and..

Supporting Swiss innovation and competitiveness

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Swiss competitiveness

Our data expertise and infrastructure help Switzerland transform data into economic and social value. They also enhance the country’s reputation for excellence, quality and stability, which further feeds resilience and prosperity.

Explore all topics and expertise

Cell mechanobiology

Comparative genomics

Data management

Data visualisation

Database curation

Deep sequencing data

DNA microarrays

Drug resistance

Electronic health record

Ensuring food security

Environmental protection

Epidemic preparedness

Evolutionary biology

Experimental biology

Functional genomics

Gene regulation

Genome reconstruction

High-performance computing

Homology modelling

In silico organogenesis

Interoperability

Knowledge representation

Mass spectrometry

Medicine and health

Molecular dynamics

Open research data

Personalized health

Population genetics

Protein engineering

Protein interactions

Signaling pathways

Single-cell biology

Software engineering

Structural biology

Swiss competitiveness

Synthetic biology

Systems biology

Transcriptomics

Training

Scientific training

Acquire skills to make the most out of the latest advances in bioinformatics and data science.

Community

Our groups

900 experts at the SIB Hub and in partner institutions across Switzerland

Our support functions

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The national organization for biomedical and biological data in Switzerland