The Bioinformatics Institute (Abbreviation: BII) is one of the Biomedical Sciences Institutes of the ''

Agency for Science, Technology and Research The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore. The agency supports R&D that is aligned to areas of competitive advantage and national needs for Singapore. ...

, (A*STAR).'' BII was originally founded in 2001 by Dr Rajagopal as a support unit for

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combi ...

and

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. However, since August 2007, it has been redefined as a biological research organisation upon the arrival of the current executive director, Dr Frank Eisenhaber. BII focuses on "computationally biology-driven life science research aimed at the discovery of biomolecular mechanisms." BII also develops computer based research tools and performs experimental verifications in its own experimental facilities or by collaborating with appropriate groups. BII is home to the journal Scientific Phone Apps and Mobile Devices with SpringerNature. There are currently four research divisions in BII: *Biomolecular Sequence to Function *Biomolecular Modelling and Design *Imaging Informatics *Translational Research Under Dr. Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, the team at BII quality-checked genomic sequences uploaded by various countries to the

GISAID GISAID (Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data) is a global science initiative and primary source established in 2008 that provides open access to genomic data of influenza viruses and the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pand ...

database that stores and shares

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

virus data.

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