Bioinformatics

The Bioinformatics group focuses on fundamental and applied bioinformatics research in the green life sciences. We develop and apply novel computational methods for the analysis and integration of –omics data. We teach bioinformatics and data analysis to students at the bachelor, master and PhD levels.

Courses & Thesis Projects

The Bioinformatics Group offers several courses and thesis projects.

Courses Thesis projects

News

eScience grant

An eScience grant is awarded to the team of Marnix Medema to continue their work on BiG-SCAPE. Scalability, interoperability, user-friendly visualization, you name it! Good news for the future of research into biosynthetic gene clusters. See: https://www.esciencecenter.nl/news/escience-center-awards-eight-projects-from-2024-open-call/

CropXR

The Bioinformatics Group contributes actively to the prestigious CropXR project (www.cropxr.org). Prof. Dick de Ridder leads workpackage T: Translator, aiming to develop resilient crops through data-driven design.

New group members

In recent months, the Bioinformatics Group welcomed several new members. Welcome to Daniel, Dorota, Maarten, Vina, Thomas and Patrick!

PhD alumni

Several (former) PhD candidates in the group have recently defended their thesis: Meixin Yang and Eef Jonkheer. We are proud of you and wish you all the best in your future (scientific) careers.

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