About

3D-BioInfo-PT is the community of Portuguese scientific researchers working in fields connected to Structural Bioinformatics. It is constituted as a sub-community of the Biodata.pt infrastructure.

Mission and Goals

Chief among the goals of 3D-BioInfo-PT is the organization of community meetings, providing a space that promotes open discussion and sharing. The annual meetings have become an important event in the community’s calendar, strengthening the community locally and also its ties to researchers working outside of Portugal. Several successful editions of the annual meeting have taken place — in Porto, Lisboa, Coimbra and Oeiras — having brought together over 60 participants per edition.

Since its inception under Biodata.pt, 3D-BioInfo-PT has also focused on organizing dissemination and teaching events. These include the 3D BioTalks seminar cycle and a yearly hands-on workshop cycle aimed at different levels of expertise, for users within and outside the community.

To more inclusively reach the community, namely the younger researchers, 3D-BioInfo-PT strives to make meeting and workshop attendance free of charge. The growing participation in community events is a testament to the importance of this strategy.

History

3D-BioInfo-PT was established in 2022 as a community within the larger Biodata.pt infrastructure. Before that, annual community meetings had been organized since 2013 as EJIBCE – Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Biologia Computacional Estrutural.

Organization & Contact

The current representatives of 3D-BioInfo-PT are Irina Moreira and Manuel N. Melo.