Bielefeld Institute for Bioinformatics Infrastructure

BIBI Microbial Bioinformatics provides bioinformatics support, compute resources and software tools for the field of microbial genome research. In the frame of de.NBI the center constitutes a part of the BiGi Bioinformatics Resource Center combining bioinformatics expertise and facilities at Bielefeld University and Gießen Justus-Liebig University. In 2016, the microbial genome analysis portfolio was complemented for metaproteome data analysis with the new partner Magdeburg Otto-von-Guericke-University.

We operate, maintain and support a wide range of software tools and applications providing solutions for microbial analytics, in particular, for metagenomics and postgenomics data analysis, data integration and data visualization. Here, emphasis is being placed on first-level user support and the provision of high-performance computing services for different user profiles.

Our portfolio of solutions for microbial bioinformatics ranges from pre-defined analysis workflows for common data analyses to comprehensive application software.

Three exemplary projects are presented on the following pages

• Unlocking the genetic secrets of microorganisms:
  accessing and analysing microbial genome data
• Supporting local health authorities
  in fighting the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
• Omics Fusion
  — a web application to analyze and integrate microbial data from multiple omics sources