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 fullfilment 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.

Our Mission

BioData.pt organises and adds value to the biological data generated by Portuguese R&I organisations, 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 organisations 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