What we do
In the Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit of the University of Bern (IBU), we provide services and expertise to assist researchers of the three “Life-Science” Faculties and Insel hospital in data analysis and project planning for large-scale experiments with focus on next-generation sequencing application. We have our own research programme and collaborate on large and complex projects. Furthermore, we develop methods to analyse high-throughput data and provide bioinformatics training. We have a high-performance computing cluster and a data storage system that we use for our own research, collaborations and service projects.
Find out more about the Group’s activities
Core facility activities
Here are some of the key services we provide (also see here):
- Bioinformatics / biostatistical analyses;
- Next-generation data analyses;
- Project planning and consulting;
- Bioinformatics training;
- Science IT infrastructure.
Main publications 2020
- Francisco D M F et al.
Advancing brain barriers RNA sequencing: guidelines from experimental design to publication
Fluids Barriers CNS, 10.1186/s12987-020-00207-2 - McGee M D et al.
The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation
Nature, 10.1038/s41586-020-2652-7 - Duruz J et al.
Acoel single-cell transcriptomics: cell type analysis of a deep branching bilaterian
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 10.1093/molbev/msaa333
