A community-created list of Bioinformatics organizations at NIH
There are a lot of different bioinformatics and bioinformatics-adjacent organizations at NIH. Many of them hold regular events, communicate via mailing lists/slack or some other mechanism, and may be of interest to people doing bioinformatics-related work at NIH.
At present, however, there is no overarching “NIH Bioinformatics Institute” that sits above all of these, and instead, the different groups are scattered across the various divisions at NIH.
As such, it can be difficult for someone who is interested in this topic to find out about all of the different Bioinformatics groups at campus.
This page is an attempt to bring together some of the basic information about these organizations, so that interested individuals know where to look to find out more information about the groups, how to communicate with them, what kinds of events they might expect from them, etc.
If you notice something missing or incorrect from this page, feel free to open an issue to let us know and/or submit a pull request with the suggested changes.
Bioinformatics @ NIAID
Here you can find training materials on a wide variety of topics from next generation sequencing (NGS) to molecular dynamics.
Bioinformatics Special Interest Group (BSIG)
The Bioinformatics SIG aims to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing among computational biologists across the NIH. The group also strives to provide a forum for researchers who have an interest in applying computational approaches to their own work to meet with experienced computational biologists, thereby establishing a network through which productive scientific collaborations can be fostered and encouraged
Bioinformatics Training and Education Program (BTEP)
Enabling scientists to understand and analyze their own experimental data by providing instruction and training in bioinformatics software, databases, analyses techniques, and emerging technologies.
NIH HPC / Biowulf
The NIH HPC group plans, manages and supports high-performance computing systems specifically for use by the intramural NIH community. These systems include Biowulf, a 105,000+ processor Linux cluster; Helix, an interactive system for file transfer and management, and Helixweb, which provides a number of web-based scientific tools.
Bring Your Own Bioinformatics (BYOB)
NIH BYOB is an informal, community-led talk series that meets once a month for presentations and discussions relating to topics of interest among the NIH bioinformatics community.
At present, BYOB is primarily serving as a discussion forum via its Slack channels. Talks may resume in 2023, pending volunteer signup.
The CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR)
The CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR) is a resource group which provides a mechanism for CCR researchers to obtain many different types of bioinformatics assistance to further their research goals.
The Computational Genomics Bioinformatics Branch (CGBB)
We provide bioinformatics analysis support for life sciences and clinical & translational research for intramural investigators in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) and Center for Cancer Research (CCR).
Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT)
CBIIT empowers NCI staff and the cancer research community with the data science, information technology, and data sharing tools they need to advance our knowledge of cancer.
Integrated Data Science Section at RTB/NIAID
The IDSS collaborates with NIAID and NIH scientists to provide bioinformatics, data science, and computational biology expertise for genomics, proteomics, biostatistics, structural biology, image analysis and visualization (including 3D models and reconstructions), machine learning and AI, and molecular modeling and simulation. The IDSS brings together domain scientists with strong computational expertise to address complex scientific problems and leverages a shared team approach as projects often require expertise in multiple areas of data analysis and domain science that are beyond the expertise and capacity of a single analyst.
NIH Intramural Data Science
NIH Data Science Teams
NIH Library Bioinformatics Training
NIH Office of Data Science Strategy
The Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) leads implementation of the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science through scientific, technical, and operational collaboration with the institutes, centers, and offices that comprise NIH.
Inactive organizations (?):
Other groups that appear to be inactive, but may still include useful resources: