BioData.pt is a non-for-profit private association of 15 R&I organizations.
BioData.pt is the Portuguese distributed infrastructure for biological data and the Portuguese ELIXIR node.
BioData.pt supports the national scientific system through best practices in data management and state of the art data analysis.
It interfaces with both academia and industry, making research available for innovation, namely in sectors such as agro-food and forestry, sea, and health.
BioData.pt services include ELIXIR services such as our training programme and computing facilities, as well as consulting services in data analysis and management, and a number of community services.
Who we are
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL), Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR), Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL),Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (INESC-ID), Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC-FCG), Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Aveiro (UAveiro), Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas (UCIBIO), Universidade de Coimbra (UCoimbra), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL), Universidade do Minho (UMinho), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA).
Our organisation
BioData.pt is overseen by the General Assembly, composed by the legal representatives of its associates.
The Administration Council is responsible for managing BioData.pt.
The External Advisory Board is composed of 3-5 external experts providing regular assessment and advice to the technical and scientific activities of BioData.pt.
The Fiscal Council oversees BioData.pt accounting.
The ELIXIR PT Head of Node leads the Portuguese Node of ELIXIR and ensures the fulfillment of its commitment before the European ELIXIR consortium.
The operational branch of BioData.pt is organised in three categories:
Communities - gather researchers that identify gaps in data management, tools and computing resources in different life science domains (e.g. plants, microbiotechnology, sea and health).
Platforms - support communities to fill the gaps, creating new services and training modules.
Services - developed and maintained by BioData.pt for the national and international R&I community.
Board of the General AssemblyPresident: Ricardo Leite (IGC) 1st Secretary: Susana Vinga (INESC-ID) 2nd Secretary: Isabel Rocha (NOVA)
Administration CouncilPresident: Miguel Pereira Rocha Vice-President: Cátia Calisto Pesquita Vice-President: Irina de Sousa Moreira Member: Cymon Cox Member: José Luís Oliveira
Executive Director: Inês Chaves
ELIXIR-PT NodeHead of Node: Ana Teresa Freitas (IST) Deputy Head of Node: Inês Chaves (BioData.pt) Node Coordinator: Mariana de Freitas (BioData.pt) Deputy Node Coordinator: Gil Poiares-Oliveira (INESC-ID) Technical Coordinator: Sérgio Matos (UA) Deputy Technical Coordinator: Jorge Oliveira (IST) Training Coordinator: Tiago Paixão (IGC) ELIXIR Board Members Representing PortugalFunding Agency Representative: Marta Abrantes (FCT) Scientific Representative: Miguel Rocha (UMinho) |
Fiscal CouncilPresident: João Oliveira (BDO) Member: Maria de Fátima Duarte Member: Filipe Castro
External Advisory BoardFrederik Coppens (ELIXIR Belgium) Chair: Jaap Heringa (ELIXIR Netherlands) Luciano Milanesi (CNR - National Research Council, Italy) Cristina Marques (The Navigator Company - RAIZ Group) Emília Monteiro (PtCRIN - Portuguese Clinical Research Infrastructure Network / NOVA Medical School) |
Our mission
BioData.pt organizes and adds value to the biological data generated by Portuguese R&I organizations, academic and private, enhancing investment and value creation through a National Platform of Biological Information, applicable to different scientific domains. Computing resources, bioinformatics and data management services, as well as training are offered to capacitate platform users'.
Our vision
BioData.pt supports the transformation of Portugal in a country with the ability to conduct research and innovation with large volumes of biological data. Portuguese organizations will be capable of translating these data into innovation for new research, products and services.
Our values
- Trust: we respect and protect your data
- Collaboration: we work in partnership
- Excellence: we have an internationally recognized team of experts
- Innovation: we support the translation of knowledge into new services and products
Our story
