Bioinformatics in Norway

This site provides an informal overview of information available on the net about bioinformatics in Norway.

There is no clear definition of bioinformatics, it depends on who you ask. A very wide definition would encompass any use of computers to analyse biological data, while classic bioinformatics deals with the analysis of nucleotide and amino acid sequences, and prediction and modelling of protein or RNA structure. Modern bioinformatics includes subjects like analysis of microarray data or simulation of complex interactions between the molecules in a cell.

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News

• The new FUGE Bioinformatics platform web site is now available at www.bioinfo.no.
• The Norwegian Bioinformatics Forum takes place in Oslo on 2-4 May 2004.

Conferences

Future events

• Norwegian Bioinformatics Forum, Oslo, 2-4 May, 2004.
• Bioinformatics 2004, The annual Nordic bioinformatics conference, Linköping, Sweden, 3-6 June, 2004.
• Towards the tree of life... 2004, Bergen, Norway, 8-10 June, 2004.
• Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI) 2004, Bergen, Norway, 14-17 September 2004.

Past events

• Bioinformatics 2003, The annual Nordic bioinformatics conference, Helsinki, Finland, 22-24 May 2003.
• Bioinformatics Forum for Young Scientists 2003, Vatnahalsen, 22-24 March 2003.
• Bioinformatics 2002, Bergen, 4-7 April 2002.

Courses

• Advanced microarray data analysis: class discovery and class prediction, Nordic Bioinformatics Network Course, Elsinor, Denmark, 17 - 21 May 2004.
• Other courses arranged by the FUGE Bioinformatics platform

National projects

• Functional Genomics in Norway (FUGE)
• The Salmon Genome Project (SGP)

Selected national technology platforms (FUGE)

• The Norwegian Bioinformatics Platform and Clinome Bioinformatics
• The Norwegian Centre for Microarray Technology (NMC)
• The Norwegian Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Ås
• The Norwegian Proteomics Centre (PROBE), Bergen
• The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre (NORSTRUCT), Tromsø
• Biobanks for health, Oslo

Research groups

Bergen:

• Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen
• Bioinformatics research group, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
• Rein Aasland's group, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen

Oslo:

• Microarray bioinformatics, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital and University of Oslo
• Bioinformatics group, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo
• Bioinformatics group, Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo
• The Norwegian EMBnet node, The Biotechnology Centre in Oslo, University of Oslo
• Statistical methods in bioinformatics, SAMBA, Norwegian Computing Center

Trondheim:

• FUGE Bioinformatics platform, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Education

University of Bergen (UIB)

• INF380 Methods in bioinformatics
• INF381 Analysis of postgenomic data
• INF389 Selected topics in bioinformatics
• MOL204 Applied bioinformatics
• MOL218 Genome research

University of Oslo (UiO)

• Bioinformatics studies
• BIO4210 Classification and phylogenetics
• BIO4650 Applied bioinformatics
• MBV3070 Bioinformatics
• INF2300 Basic course in bioinformatics
• INF5330 Bioinformatics

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim

• Overview of courses
• Subject combination in bioinformatics
• DIK4083 Molecular and cellular bioinformatics
• SIK40AH Bioinformatics
• SIF8098 Bioinformatics, depth study

Agricultural University of Norway (NLH), Ås

• Studies in bioinformatics

Stavanger University College (HIS)

• TE6484 Bioinformatics

Nord-Trøndelag University College (HiNT), Levanger

• Bachelor studies in bioinformatics
• S246 Bioinformatics
• S256 Clinical bioinformatics

Online services

For an overview of online services, tools and databases, see the list on the FUGE Bioinformatics platform site.

Commercial companies

• Interagon AS: Products and services for pattern recognition in large data volumes
• MolMine AS: Software for analysis and visualisation of microarray data (J-Express)
• PubGene, Inc.: Bioinformatics software and services (PubGene)
• Sencel Bioinformatics AS: Software for sequence database searches (PARALIGN)

Jobs

Organisations

• Norwegian Biochemical Society (NBS)
• Society for Bioinformatics in the Nordic countries (SocBiN)
• Nordic Bioinformatics Network (NBN)

Last updated on 6 May, 2004 by Torbjørn Rognes