Bioinformatics in Nordic regions
Background: Nordic Computational Biology
Nordic Computational Biology (NCB) was launched in late 2020. It initially began as a collaboration to bring together Nordic RSGs* and later resulted in a more inclusive project with a goal to further expand the network for people interested in computational biology across all Nordic regions.
Our aim is to spread knowledge and inspiration within the field of computational biology, as well as to highlight important research breakthroughs in Nordic countries. According to our community, NCB is an excellent platform for people of all levels and backgrounds; for students and early-career scientists to exchange research, for biotech companies to share bioinformatics advancements happening at industrial level, for developers and engineers to promote latest tools and algorithm, and for senior researchers to inspire the next generation of computational biologists.
*The first Regional Student Group (RSG), of the ISCB, in the Nordic countries was RSG-Denmark. Shortly thereafter it was joined by RSG-Sweden and RSG-Norway in 2018 and 2020, respectively. In late 2020, a collaborative organization between the nordic RSGs was arranged and international events quickly entered the planning phase.
Below, we highlight some important Nordic organisations within the field of computational biology.
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Organizations in Nordic regions
Denmark
Danish National Genome Centre
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BioLib – The library of biological data science (Company)
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Bioinformatics Centre, UCPH (also part of Novo Nordisk Foundation)
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Bioinformatics at University of Southern Denmark
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Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aaarhus University
Norway
Computational Biology Norway
NORBIS
Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen
Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Oslo
Finland
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE
Biocenter Finland
Sweden
RSG-Sweden: Regional Student Group in Sweden
National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden
Genomic Medicine Sweden
Lund University Bioinformatics Infrastructure
Stockholm Bioinformatics Center
MWLC Bioinformatics Platform, Karolinska Institutet
Iceland