South African National Bioinformatics Institute
Formation1996 (1996)
FounderWinston Hide
Typenonprofit organisation
Purposebioinformatics
biotechnology
genomics
health research
HeadquartersCape Town, South Africa
Coordinates33°55′54″S 18°37′28″E / 33.9316406°S 18.6244322°E / -33.9316406; 18.6244322
Websitewww.sanbi.ac.za

The South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) is a non-profit organisation in Cape Town, South Africa dedicated to bioinformatics, biotechnology and genomics in health research.

SANBI maintains current collaborations with institutes and laboratories at Harvard University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Stanford University, the Pasteur Institute, the RIKEN institute, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and the European Bioinformatics Institute.

SANBI is the South African national node of the European Molecular Biology Network,[1] the regional site for the World Health Organization African centre for training in pathogen bioinformatics,[2] and an affiliate of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

SANBI is funded by several organisations including the South African Medical Research Council, the National Research Foundation of South Africa, the Claude Leon Foundation, the John E. Fogarty Foundation for International Health at the National Institutes of Health, and the European Commission.

SANBI was founded[3] in 1996 by computational biologist Winston Hide, the founding director,[4] as part of the faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of the Western Cape. The SANBI research team includes faculty in the areas of genetic diversity, gene regulation, cancer, sleeping sickness and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

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References

  1. ↑ "SANBI National Node". EMBnet website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "TDR-supported regional training centres in bioinformatics". Tropical Disease Research website.
  3. ↑ "SANBI History". SANBI website. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007.
  4. ↑ "Win Hide (Director)". Senior faculty page, SANBI website. Archived from the original on 4 May 2011.
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