BIG-N2N

Organisation

The Bioinformatics Institute Ghent From Nucleotides to Networks (BIG N2N) is a center of excellence in state-of-the-art bioinformatical tools and methods with applications in the fields of Sustainable Agriculture and Successful Ageing, as well as cancer research.

It was established as Multidisciplinary Research Partnership by Ghent University in 2011 as part of the strategic spearhead research policy plan promoting excellence in research, selected on the basis of the established expertise and the potential to become world leader in the field. Because of the growing importance of bioinformatics, computational biology, and systems biology in the life sciences, bioinformatics was one of the topics that were selected. In 2015 it was recognized as 'Bioinformatics Institute Ghent From Nucleotides to Networks'.

 

Contact and links

  • BIG-N2N website
  • Coordinator: Prof. Yves Van de Peer - Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Gent