Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (Inb)

the spanish national bioinformatics institute (‘instituto nacional de bioinformática’ in spanish, or short inb) is an institutional platform founded in 2003 by the mayor bioinformatics research groups in spain with financing from genome spain (‘genoma españa’ ). it is now part of the carlos iii health institute (‘instituto de salud carlos iii‘ or isciii) and its overarching mission is to disseminate and provide bioinformatics support to laboratories, research institutions and companies throughout spain. the inb serves in the coordination, integration and development of spanish bioinformatics resources in projects in the areas of genomics, proteomics and translational medicine. it has contributed to the creation of a consistent computational infrastructure in the area of bioinformatics, participated in national and international genome projects, and trained bioinformatics users and developers.