Department of Bioinformatics - BiGCaT
The Department of Bioinformatics (BiGCaT) is part of NUTRIM (School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism) at Maastricht University. It was founded in 2001 by Prof. Dr. Chris Evelo aiming at employing bioinformatics approaches in systems biology to integrate experimental data and data with current knowledge. The department focuses on the development and
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- Category: academic department
- Founded: 2001
- Website: https://www.bigcat.unimaas.nl/
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- Founded: 2001 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
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The Department of Bioinformatics (BiGCaT) is part of NUTRIM (School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism) at Maastricht University. It was founded in 2001 by Prof. Dr. Chris Evelo aiming at employing bioinformatics approaches in systems biology to integrate experimental data and data with current knowledge. The department focuses on the development and
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