National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden - NBIS - EGI
EGI collaborates with NBIS, a distributed national research infrastructure for bioinformatics research in Sweden.
www.egi.euHere’s the latest overview of National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) based on recent public sources.
What NBIS is
- NBIS is Sweden’s distributed national research infrastructure for bioinformatics, supporting life-science researchers with data analysis, computational tools, training, and collaboration across six sites (Lund, Gothenburg, Linköping, Stockholm, Uppsala, Umeå).[3][4][6]
- It functions as the Swedish node in ELIXIR, the European infrastructure for biological information, and is connected to SciLifeLab platforms and other national supercomputing resources to service researchers.[4][3]
Recent highlights (2024–2025)
- 2024 saw the launch of FEGA Sweden, a national data repository for sensitive human data, and progress on the Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project, with substantial funding and emphasis on preparing legal and clinical collaborations under B1MGplus in 2025–2027.[1]
- NBIS supported the migration of life-sciences research from UPPMAX to PDC, aiding user transitions and data management during the changeover, and reported handling thousands of omics projects with substantial compute and storage usage in 2024.[1]
- NBIS has organized technical workshops across Europe to share expertise and demonstrate the capability to operate the infrastructure with synthetic data in the GDI context, involving many European partners.[1]
Context and affiliations
- NBIS is part of the SciLifeLab & Wallenberg DDLS program, offering advanced bioinformatics support, including Cryo-EM and data-driven life science capabilities, and works closely with NAISS and other national platforms to maximize impact for Swedish researchers.[4]
- It maintains a strong relationship with ELIXIR, serving as Sweden’s national contact point to the European infrastructure for biological information, ensuring alignment with European standards and services.[2][4]
How NBIS supports researchers
- Services include bespoke data analysis, development of computational tools, training, and access to high-throughput computing and storage resources via SNIC-UPPMAX and related facilities; NBIS coordinates across multiple sites to deliver these services effectively.[3][4]
- The NBIS data ecosystem includes governance for sensitive data, metadata handling, and data stewardship workflows to support compliant and reproducible research, including DMP tooling and data management practices.[1]
Key figures and impact
- In 2024 NBIS supported 2,552 omics projects with 984 unique principal investigators, consuming significant core-hours and petabytes of storage, illustrating the scale of Sweden’s bioinformatics activity supported by NBIS.[1]
- The GDI project and FEGA Sweden milestones indicate ongoing investment and momentum toward a national human-genomics data infrastructure with international collaboration and governance development.[1]
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Citations:
- NBIS annual report and milestones, FEGA Sweden and GDI progress.[1]
- NBIS overview and ELIXIR connection, SciLifeLab alignment.[4]
- NBIS collaboration and site network, high-level services and capacity data.[6][3]
- 2024 project and resource statistics for NBIS.[1]